MACDONALD, Edward Armstrong
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Rank:
Sub Lieutenant
Unit / Base:
'Royal Naval Beach Commandos'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Indian Navy Volunteer Reserve
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Died :
Saturday, June 17, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
22
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Sub Lieutenant Edward Macdonald died during operations at Elba [1][2].
He received a posthumous Mention in Despatches for "distinguished service in operations carried out in the face of determined opposition from the enemy which led to the capture of the island of Elba" [2]. He was an Assistant Beachmaster during the operation [3].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[2] London Gazette 36783, page 5088.
[3] Beachhead Commandos author A. Cecil Hampshire.
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