Service Details
Name:
 PURDHAM
Given Name:
 WILLIAM ARTHUR
Initials:
 W A
Service No:
 100691
Rank:
 Air Mechanic
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 2 Air School
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Date of Death:
 1942-01-29
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Age:
 17
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, De Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth #516, air collision with #535
Additional
Information:
Son of William Campbell Purdham and Winifred Louisa Purdham, of Randfontein.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 RANDFONTEIN (GREENHILLS) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Anglican Plot. Grave 2787.

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