Service Details
Name:
 PURDON
Given Name:
 JOHN MELVILLE
Initials:
 J M
Service No:
 70393939PM
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 11 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1977-10-04
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Date of Birth:
 1954-12-26
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Cessna 185A #733, at Rysmiersbult
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. A. L. Purdon, of Umtata. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
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Grave Reference:
 Alternative Commemoration until grave found

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