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Military service
Service number:
R/217006
Age:
19
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
103 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
Birth:
February 13, 1925
Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 11, 1943
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 30, 1944
Poland
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
6. D. 1.
Additional information
Son of Culver B. and Adeline Purvis, of Toronto, Ontario.
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Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Thomas Andrew Purvis is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flight Sergeant Thomas Andrew Purvis is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Correspondence
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Correspondence
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Service Book
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Letter of recommendation
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Attestation paper
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Attestation paper
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Polish Home Army - Canadian Airmen Memorial, Confederation Park, Ottawa.
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Thomas Andrew Purvis
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Thomas Andrew Purvis
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Thomas Andrew Purvis
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Thomas Andrew Purvis
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Thomas Andrew Purvis
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Thomas Andrew Purvis
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Thomas Andrew Purvis
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Thomas Andrew Purvis
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Thomas Andrew Purvis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 422 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY Poland
Poznan (or Posen), which is the capital of the Province of the same name, is a cathedral city on the River Wanta. The POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY is on the northern side of the town.
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