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Military service
Service number:
B/72990
Age:
30
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
September 23, 1914
Osaca, Ontario
Enlistment:
September 8, 1939
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 18, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV, H, 2.
Additional information
Son of John Campbell Purdy and Marguerite Jane Purdy, of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal John Russell Purdy
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Memorabilia
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Headstone of John R. Purdy
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Photo of John Russell Purdy
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Reverse of Photo
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Badge
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Russell Purdy
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Russell Purdy
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Russell Purdy
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Russell Purdy
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Russell Purdy
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Russell Purdy
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Russell Purdy
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Russell Purdy
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal John Russell Purdy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 422 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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