Identity
Person No.
23467
Service No.
169864V
Last Name
First Name
Dudley Edward
Initials
D E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received in contact with the enemy to the west of Bagnoregio, Italy
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Mounted Rifles, later Armoured Reconnaissance
Status
Volunteer unit (pre-1913); Active Citizen Force (Reserve) from 1913
Part of
Lineage from the Royal Durban Rangers (1854) through several volunteer mounted units, unified as Natal Mounted Rifles 1888. Reactivated for the Boer War as Natal Mounted Infantry. Transferred to the Active Citizen Force 1913; converted from cavalry to armoured reconnaissance 1934. Renamed Queen Nandi Mounted Rifles 2019.
Notes
Son of Christie W. and Kate L. Smith, of Germiston, Transvaal. Brother of Mrs. C. Holliday, of Chapman Road, Klipoortjie, Germiston. A brother, Mr. H. A. Smith, served with the 3rd Heavy Battery in East London. Born in Germiston. A Mine Captain in the Dunnotter area.
Citations
LG Sup 13 August 1942 - "For gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East"
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