Roll of Honour

Roll of Honour

Duthie, Charles John

Rank: Able Seaman

Regiment: Royal Navy

Biography: Son of George and Christina Ralph Duthie, Pitullie, Aberdeenshire ; born Sandhaven, Fraserburgh, 1918 ; educated at Fraserburgh Academy. In 1940 he graduated M.A. with Honours in English. On joining the Royal Navy he was sent out to Singapore, and in 1941 was drafted for shore duties at Fort Canning. Captured by the Japanese he was reported as a prisoner of war at Moulmein in Burma. Later it was learned that he had died in Thailand in March 1944.

Date of Death: 19 March 1944

Burial Details: Buried at Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, M.A. 2. A. 14

Publication: Roll of Remembrance. Published 1952.


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