SIS Dowding, Kenneth Bruce

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Dowding ​

• FORENAME

Kenneth Bruce ​

• UNIT

MI9 ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

S/131722 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

30th June 1943 ​

• AGE

29 ​

• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany 55.G.11 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Army Service Corps (Intelligence Corps in London Gazette)​

born 4.5.1914 Melbourne,Victoria,Australia​

son of John McCallum and Margaret Catherine (nee Walsh) Dowding,Huntley,Melbourne,​

Victoria,Australia​

educated Glenhuntly State School (Dux 1925)​

educated Wesley College,Melbourne 1929-32​

school teacher in civilian life​

graduated University of Melbourne​

joined Army in England February 1940​

POW 22.5.1940​

escaped August 1940​

joined Pat O'Leary Line February 1941​

award Mention in Despatches (posthumous)​

arrested 9/10.12.1941​

executed Dortmund jail,Germany​

cremated 12.7.1943 and remains originally buried Dortmund cemetery ​

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