Service Details
Name:
 SCOTT
Given Name:
 RICHARD DUNSTON JOHN
Initials:
 R D J
Rank:
 Civilian
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Regiment:
 Civilian War Dead
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Date of Death:
 1942-12-06
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Date of Death 2:
 1942-12-07
Date of Birth:
 1901-07-12
Age:
 41
Cause of Death:
 Torpedoed and sunk by U-515. En route from Liverpool for St. Helena, Durban & Sydney
Additional
Information:
Husband of Rubina Given (nee Neumann) Scott, of 25 Woodlands, Beverley, Yorkshire. Born Skirlaugh, Yorkshire, England. Educated Stamford Hill Primary; Technical High School, Durban / Glenwood 1916. A civil engineer. Commemorated on Glenwood High School WWII Memorial
Commemoration
Country:
 Lost at Sea
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Cemetery:
 S.S. "CERAMIC"
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