Corporal Walter Purdy
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1890-07-08
Place of birth: Fort Snelling Minnesota U.S.A.
Next of kin: E. B. Purdy, Monitor, Alberta
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Piano Tuner
Occupation (normalized): Musical Instrument Tuner
Address:
Just after his Battalion commenced their attack South East of NEUVILLE-ST. VAAST, during the Vimy Ridge pertains he was struck and instantly killed by a fragment from an enemy shell.
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Nine Elms Military Cemetery (France), III. B. 16.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 13674
Highest Rank:
Corporal
(5th Battalion)
Rank detail
Corporal, 5th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 297370
LAC ID:
584353
Service file: B8026-S020
Uploader's Notes: Son of Edwin B. and Julia Purdy, of Monitor, Alberta. Born in Minnesota, U.S.A.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 5th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-04-06