In Memory Of

BROWN, DUNCAN MENZIES

Service Details
Age:
 26
Date of Birth:
 1915-02-19
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 H.M.S. Camito
Regiment:
 Royal Naval Reserve
Date of Death:
 1941-05-06
Cause of Death:
 Put in command of captured Italian tanker which was struct by torpedo and sunk. Reported missing, believed killed
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 60, Column 1.
Cemetery:
 PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Hampshire
Country:
 United Kingdom
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.