Leitch Douglas Mackenzie 2/Lt 117995

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Name Leitch Douglas Mackenzie
Army number 117995
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 27
Unit Posted 168 OCTU, Durham Light Infantry - Comm as 2/Lt 10/2/1940, Posted 12th Bn DLI 4/9/39, On attachment 1 TS until 9/4/40, With DLI in B.E.F., Trf Black Watch as Lt 20/4/1940, Posted 1 TS, Iceland, Trf to RAF 15/11/1941, Gazetted P/Offr as 47831 3/3/1942, KILLED in ACTION 6/3/1945.
Company/Battery C Coy
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 04-Sep-39
Promotions 2/Lt, Lt, P/Offr, Flt Lt.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 06-Mar-45
Home address Born Aberdeen, Son of James Boyes Leitch and Mary Nicholson Leitch of Aberdeen, Buried Grave I.G.24 Ravenna War Cemetery, after his Spitfire was recovered by Italian aviation archaeologists.
Source table 1TS

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