Identity
Person No.
5965
Service No.
X/45
Last Name
First Name
Robert Gordon
Initials
R G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SEA 815
Lost at sea
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
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Location
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Locality
Unknown
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Notes
Son of the Hon. J. W. Downie and Clara Downie, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
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