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|Decorations=M.C.
 
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|Date of birth=Not yet known.
 
|Age=29
 
|Age=29
|Unit=Palestine 1937 - 38, Posted 1 TS, Posted 5th Black Watch August 1944, KIA NW Europe 29/9/44 with 5th Bn Black Watch.
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|Unit=Commissioned as 2/Lt in the Black Watch 28/8/1937.  Served in Palestine 1937 - 38, Posted 1 TS, Posted 5th Black Watch August 1944, KILLED in ACTION North West Europe 29/9/44 with 5th Bn Black Watch.
 
|Died/Killed in action=29-Aug-44
 
|Died/Killed in action=29-Aug-44
 
|Home address=Son of Frederick Donald and Mary C Mirrielees of Westminster, London. BA(Cantab) Trinity College.  Buried Grave I. C. 9. St Desir War Cemetery.
 
|Home address=Son of Frederick Donald and Mary C Mirrielees of Westminster, London. BA(Cantab) Trinity College.  Buried Grave I. C. 9. St Desir War Cemetery.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Company/Battery=A Coy 1 TS
 
|Company/Battery=A Coy 1 TS
|Task or role=Coy. Cdr.
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|Task or role=Company Commander.
|Promotions=2/Lt 28/8/37, Lt 30/1/39, Capt 30/6/44, Major.
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|Promotions=Lt 30/1/39, Capt 30/6/44, Major.
 
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Major Mirrielees' father, Frederick Donald Mirrielees, died in 1940 as a Volunteer with the 4th Perthshire Battalion of The Home Guard.  To see his CWGC Commemorative Record please click [http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2459127/MIRRIELEES,%20FREDERICK%20DONALD here].

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Name Mirrielees Donald Currie
Army number 67799
Rank Major
Decorations M.C.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 29
Unit Commissioned as 2/Lt in the Black Watch 28/8/1937. Served in Palestine 1937 - 38, Posted 1 TS, Posted 5th Black Watch August 1944, KILLED in ACTION North West Europe 29/9/44 with 5th Bn Black Watch.
Company/Battery A Coy 1 TS
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Company Commander.
Joined Brigade
Promotions Lt 30/1/39, Capt 30/6/44, Major.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 29-Aug-44
Home address Son of Frederick Donald and Mary C Mirrielees of Westminster, London. BA(Cantab) Trinity College. Buried Grave I. C. 9. St Desir War Cemetery.
Source table 1TS

Major Mirrielees' father, Frederick Donald Mirrielees, died in 1940 as a Volunteer with the 4th Perthshire Battalion of The Home Guard. To see his CWGC Commemorative Record please click here.