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Military service
Service number:
V57602
Age:
21
Rank:
Coder
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
Division:
H.M.C.S. Strathadam
Death:
April 13, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. B.S. Grave 108. Glenalina Extension
Additional information
Son of Norman Adam and Florence Jane Purdy, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Coder Clifford Irwin Purdy
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Coder CLIFFORD IRWIN PURDY was one of six members of the crew of HMCS Strathadam killed by a premature explosion on board during an attack on a suspected submarine Source: Globe and Mail June 9, 1945 -
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Source: Hamilton Spectator June 9, 1945 -
H.M.C.S. Strathadam
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Coder Clifford Irwin Purdy
Digital gallery of
Coder Clifford Irwin Purdy
Digital gallery of
Coder Clifford Irwin Purdy
Digital gallery of
Coder Clifford Irwin Purdy
Digital gallery of
Coder Clifford Irwin Purdy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 556 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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