Service Details
Name:
 DONALDSON
Given Name:
 DOUGLAS JAMES
Initials:
 D J
Service No:
 69203
Rank:
 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Highflyer
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Date of Death:
 1945-06-11
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Date of Birth:
 1920-01-25
Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, extensive second-degree and third-degree burns
Additional
Information:
Son of David Joseph and Ila Mary (nee Robinson) Donaldson; husband of Doreen Constance (nee Otto) Donaldson, of Fish Hoek, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Swakopmund, South West Africa. Educated CBC Kimberley / St Patrick's College. A plumber. Commemorated on the SA Navy, Simonstown; the Fishoek & the CBC Kimberley / St Patrick's College WWII Memorials
Commemoration
Country:
 India
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Cemetery:
 IMPHAL WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 4. C. 17.

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