Bateman, Donald Scrimgeour
Acting Wing Cmdr. Donald Scrimgeour Bateman was killed in a flying accident overseas on March 14, aged 40. He studied medicine at Oxford University and St. Thomas's Hospital, qualified in 1930, and took the M.B., B.Ch. degrees in 1936. He obtained the Diploma in' Child Health in 1935 and the M.R.C.P. in 1937. He was appointed to the Medical Branch, R.A.F.V.R., on April 18, 1939, and was called up for service at the outbreak of war. At the time of his death he was physician in charge of the medical division of an R.A.F. hospital over-seas. British Medical Journal 1 April 1944
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Bateman |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Donald Scrimgeour |
| Date of birth | 1904 |
| Place of birth | Rochdale Registration District |
| Family details | Son of Dr. William Hirst Bateman and Ethel Jane Bateman; husband of Elsie Bateman, of South Kensington, London. |
| Previous education | Oxford University |
| College | St Thomas' Hospital |
| Qualifications | B.A., B.M., B.Ch., M.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., D.C.H. |
| Military unit | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 4 R.A.F. Sqdn |
| Date enlisted | 18-Apr-39 |
| Service number | 72748 |
| War / conflict | World War Two (1939-1945) |
| Date of death | 14-Mar-44 |
| Age at death | 39 |
| Rank at death | Wing Commander |
| Cause of death | Killed on active service |
| Burial place | Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya |
| Commemoration(s) | St. Thomas’ s Roll of Honour in the chapel; |
| Sources | St Thomas’ s Hospital Medical School Records, King’ s College London Archives; Commonwealth War Graves Commission; British Medical Journal |