Service Details
Name:
 BROWN
Given Name:
 DUNCAN MENZIES
Initials:
 D M
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Naval Reserve
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Camito
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Date of Death:
 1941-05-06
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Date of Birth:
 1915-02-19
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Put in command of captured Italian tanker which was struct by torpedo and sunk. Reported missing, believed killed
Additional
Information:
Son of George Aichison and Catherine Berry Brown, of De Hoek, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Kirkcaldy, Scotland, 19 February 1915; ed. Rondebosch Boys' High School; General Botha Cadet Draft 1931-2 (Junior Cadet Captain). Joined Ellerman Lines 1933-38, transferred to Bank Line. WWII posted to RNR as Sub-Lieutenant. Survivor of Auxiliary cruiser Foylebank. Transferred to Auxiliary cruiser HMS Camito as Lieutenant.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Hampshire
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Cemetery:
 PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 60, Column 1.

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