Service Details
Name:
 PURDY
Given Name:
 VICTOR ALEXANDER
Initials:
 V A
Rank:
 Ordinary Seaman
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Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
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Unit:
 M.V. Scotia
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Date of Death:
 1943-11-27
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Date of Birth:
 1925-05-01
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, MT Scotia was torpedoed. The ship was on a voyage from Bahrain to Melbourne.
Citations:
 ***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
Additional
Information:
Of 10 Wandel Str., Cape Town
Commemoration
Country:
 Lost at Sea
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Cemetery:
 DIED AT SEA
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