He spent most of his career in the Middle East during the Second World War and the troubles that followed in the British Mandatory Palestine.
His father, Walter Doran, was a senior British Army officer, as were his uncles and grandfather.
[2] He is recorded as having been on the staff of Security Intelligence Middle East (SIME),[3] based in Cairo.
[5] At the end of the Second World War, Doran was transferred from Cairo to British Mandatory Palestine and became the Area Security Officer for Jaffa.
[8][9] Doran's Romanian-born wife Sanda and other military personnel were also killed or injured in the attack.