Roll of Honour - Ian Goodwin Swan Purssey

Ian Goodwin Swan Purssey

Service number: O11561

Rank: Flight Lieutenant

Unit: 77 Squadron

Service: Royal Australian Air Force

Conflict: Korea, 1950-1953

Date of death: 22 April 1952

Place of death: Korea

Cause of death: Flying Battle

Cemetery or memorial details: United Nations Memorial Cemetery Korea, Busan, South Korea

Notes: Flight Lieutenant Purssey's body was never recovered and is therefore regarded as missing, presumed killed in action.

Source: AWM149 Roll of Honour cards, Korea

Korean Roll of Honour panel
Download a photograph of Roll of Honour panel 2: Korea, 1950-1953

Location on the Roll of Honour

Ian Goodwin Swan Purssey's name is located at panel 2 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).

Map of Commemorative area showing which panel Ian Goodwin Swan Purssey's name is located

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