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2013.122.016
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Sicilian and Italian Campaign
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72nd BATTALION CEF, SH of C
72e BATAILLON CEF, SH de C
Memoir - Pte Torry Purdy 72nd Bn CEF entitled "No Man's Land"
Personal memoir by Pte Torry Purdy entitled "No Man's Land" regarding his experiences in the Scout/Sniper Platoon of the 72nd Battalion, CEF. It was written in January 1971.
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1031320, Pte Torry Estabrooks Purdy had originally enlisted with the 236th (McLean's Kilties) Battalion, CEF as he was from Amherst, Nova Scotia. Purdy arrived in France on 8 March 1918. He was wounded on 30 March, 1918 and again on 11 August, 1918.
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