Vincent Martin PURKISS

PURKISS, Vincent Martin

    Service Number: 432972
    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
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement 432972
    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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    Biography 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

     

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