SAS Keith, Douglas

[John Robertson]

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[ ARMY CDOS ]

• SURNAME

Keith ​

• FORENAME

Douglas ​

• UNIT

L Detachment SAS ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

2882330 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

9th December 1941 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

Alamein Memorial,Egypt Column 70 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Gordon Highlanders​

born Kincardineshire​

son of C. and Mrs Keith,Auchenblae,Kincardineshire​

joined SAS 28.8.1941​

Tmimi-Gazala raid - POW Nov.1941 - died on prison ship "Sebastiano Venier" damaged by HMSubmarine Porpoise​

309 British POWs died in this incident ​