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Military service
Service number:
R/58684
Age:
22
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
48 Sqdn.
Birth:
December 28, 1919
Death:
February 16, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 107.
Additional information
Son of George William and Rose Purcell, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Brother of Thomas William, Rosalind Townend, Georgina McQuire and Ted.
Digital gallery of Sergeant John Gerald Purcell
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Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Sun. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Gerald Purcell
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 108 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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