PURKISS, Vincent Martin
Service Number: | 432972 |
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Enlisted: | 30 January 1943 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Service Flying Training School |
Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 12 July 1924 |
Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Aircraft accident, Point Cook Aerodrome, Victoria, Australia, Point Cook, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 September 1943, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 1.N.A.9, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Memorials: | Armidale High School WW2 In Memoriam Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 432972 | |
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30 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 Service Flying Training School | |
30 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 432972 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Charles and Rita Victoria Purkiss of Armidale, NSW
Mid-air collision between RAAF Oxford training aircraft HN271 and AS615 over the Salt Lake to the north-east of Point Cook aerodrome, Victoria - aircrew killed:
Pilot of AS615 (no other crew) - Leading Aircraftman John Henry Friday 19923
Crew of HN271 - Leading Aircraftman Vincent Martin Purkiss 432972 & Leading Aircraftman Noel James Harper 430167