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Identity
Person No.
3654
Service No.
225673V
Last Name
First Name
Derek Charles
Initials
D C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received by enemy artillery barrage when "B" Coy was forming up to relieve "A" Coy in the vicinity of Monte Bagno at about 1545 on 18 September 1944. He was wounded by shrapnel in his back and legs and died of these wounds the next day
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Notes

Son of Arthur Ernest and Margaritha Elizabeth Charter, of Caister Hotel, Durban. Born in Pretoria. Joined up straight from school. He was unmarried.

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