Service Details
Name:
 STRACHAN
Given Name:
 DONALD BALFOUR
Initials:
 D B
Trade:
 Acting Director General Medical Services
Rank:
 Colonel
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Regiment:
 South African Medical Corps
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Unit:
 10 Field Amb.
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Date of Death:
 1941-11-19
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Age:
 42
Cause of Death:
 Died in Military Vehicle Accident, dug himself a hideout in the sand to sleep in. During the night an armoured vehicle drove over him and he died on the spot
Decorations:
 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Citations:
 LG Sup 30 December 1941 pg. 7328
Additional
Information:
Son of Dr. Robert Strachan and Margaret Strachan; husband of Flora Strachan. M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.).
Commemoration
Country:
 Libya
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Cemetery:
 KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
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Grave Reference:
 13. B. 21.

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