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Dower, Kenneth Cecil Gandar
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Japanese PoW:
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Date of Death:
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Cause of Death:
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Lost when the SS Khedive Ismail was sunk
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Place of Death:
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One and a Half Degree Channel - South-west of the Maldives near coordinates 01°25'N 72°22E
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Loved Ones
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Son of J. W. and A. F. Gandar Dower, of 30 Collingham Gardens, Kensington, London
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Memorial
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Sailing on 6 February 1944 from Kilindini Harbour at Mombasa, Kenya to Colombo, Ceylon in Convoy KR-8, the SS Khedive Ismail was attacked by a B1 type Japanese submarine. The Khedive Ismail was hit by two torpedoes. 1,297 perished.
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