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Purves, William Ogilvie
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Identity
Person No.
20824
Service No.
4426
Last Name
Purves
2
First Name
William Ogilvie
Initials
W O
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1882
(±1 yr)
274
Age at Death
34
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
South African Infantry
5,581
Unit
2nd Regt.
1,352
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
18 July 1916
351
Cause of Death
Died of wounds
2,379
Died of wounds
Grave Reference
I. C. 25.
1
Location
Country
France
5,136
Locality
Somme
2,465
Cemetery
LA NEUVILLE BRITISH CEMETERY, CORBIE
24
Coordinates
49.91094, 2.48173
Additional Information
Notes
Son of William Ogilvie and Jessie Purves, of Edinburgh.
Citation
Unknown
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Unknown
South African War Graves Project
southafricawargraves.org — record #20824