In Memory Of
DOWNIE, ROBERT GORDON
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1918-05-05
Service No:
X/45
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class I
Unit:
56 Bty., 301 Field Regt.
Regiment:
East African Artillery
Date of Death:
1944-02-12
Cause of Death:
Lost in S.S. Khedive Ismail (London). Sailing on 6 February 1944 from Kilindini Harbour at Mombasa, Kenya to Colombo, Ceylon in Convoy KR-8, the SS Khedive Ismail was attacked by a B1 type Japanese submarine. The Khedive Ismail was hit by two torpedoes. 1297 perished
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 13.
Cemetery:
EAST AFRICA MEMORIAL
Country:
Kenya
Additional Information
Son of the Hon. J. W. Downie and Clara Downie, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
