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Military service
Service number:
CDN/284
Age:
20
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Welch Fusiliers
Division:
4TH
Birth:
March 27, 1924
Swan River, Manitoba
Enlistment:
July 15, 1943
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
July 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 3.
Additional information
Son of Algernon Robert and Mabel Francis Purchase, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
John Purchase was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the Royal Welch Fusiliers as a CANLOAN Officer.
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Lt. John R. Purchase in 1944. -
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Lt. John R. Purchase in 1942. -
Photo of JOHN ROBERT PURCHASE
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Lieutenant John Robert Purchase
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Robert Purchase
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Robert Purchase
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant John Robert Purchase
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Commemorated on:
Page 422 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France
Hottot-les-Bagues is a village 14 kilometres south-east of Bayeux. This cemetery can be reached from Bayeux by taking the D6 southeastwards. After about 13 kilometres and after passing through Tilly-sur-Seulles, turn right (westwards) at Juvigny onto the main road (the D9) that runs from Caen towards Caumont l'Evente. The cemetery will be found after a few hundred metres on the right hand side on rising ground.
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