DUFFY, Joseph Aloysius
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
11 Commando
'Special Air Service'
Regiment/Corps:
Seaforth Highlanders
Service:
Army
Service Number:
3318385
Died :
Thursday, October 16, 1941
Died on war service
Age:
22
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Private Joseph Duffy joined L Detachment, SAS, from No 11 Commando on the 28th August 1941 and was accidentally killed in training due to a parachute failure, along with his friend and fellow Seaforth Highlander, Private Kenneth Warburton. Location given as East side of the Great Bitter Lake. The pair became the Regiment's first casualties.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/33.
The SAS and LRDG Roll of Honour 1941 - 47. www.sas-lrdg-roh.com/index.html
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