Desmond Doran
John Desmond Beauchamp Doran (known as Desmond Doran) | |
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Born | Egypt, Palestine Mandate | 6 April 1913
John Desmond Beauchamp Doran (6 April 1913 – 9 September 1946) was a
He is recorded as being an officer in the
He was commissioned in the Intelligence Corps as a Lieutenant on 12 February 1943; his service number was 274197.[2] He is recorded as having been on the staff of Security Intelligence Middle East (SIME)[3] based in Cairo.[4] His preferred titling was Desmond Doran whilst on government service.[5]
At the end of the war Doran was transferred from Cairo to British Mandatory Palestine and became the Area Security Officer for Jaffa/Tel Aviv. His living quarters and office were located above another government office located at the municipal boundary between Jewish Tel Aviv and the Arab port of Jaffa.
He died of wounds received in a terrorist attack on his quarters on 9 September 1946. He was buried at the
References
- ISBN 9780747591832.
- ^ "Supplement to the London Gazette" (PDF). 6 July 1943: 3049.
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- ISBN 9781849548670. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- ISBN 978-1-349-19977-8.
- ^ "Events: 1946 – British Forces in Palestine".
- ^ Doran, J D B, Major. "CWGC Burial Record". Retrieved 3 June 2017.
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- ^ "May 1948-1947 | העמותה להנצחת מורשת לח״י".
- ^ "Events: 1946 – British Forces in Palestine". www.britishforcesinpalestine.org. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, England 1790–1976, Ancestry.com, 2010
- ^ "More British Victims in new Palestine Disorder". Townsville Daily Bulletin: 1. 11 September 1946. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Obituary: Fallen Officers: The Army". The Times. 13 September 1946. Retrieved 6 June 2017.