In Memory Of
STRACHAN, DONALD BALFOUR
Service Details
Age:
42
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Colonel
Unit:
10 Field Amb.
Regiment:
South African Medical Corps
Date of Death:
1941-11-19
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
13. B. 21.
Cemetery:
KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Country:
Libya
Additional Information
Decorations:
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Citations:
LG Sup 30 December 1941 pg. 7328
Son of Dr. Robert Strachan and Margaret Strachan; husband of Flora Strachan. M.B., Ch.B. (Edin.).