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Shipwright 1St Class ARTHUR ERNEST PURKIS

Service Number: 13662
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Navy

H.M.A.S. Perth

Date of Death

Died 01 March 1942

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

Panel 73, Column 3.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred William Thomas Purkis and Elizabeth Annie Purkis; husband of Lillyth Emily Purkis, of Lane Cove, New South Wales, Australia.
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