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Identity
Person No.
49323
Service No.
489
Last Name
Bidmead 1
First Name
Unknown
Initials
H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Rank
Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant
Regiment
Cape Town Highlanders 69
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
COLONIAL 402
Colonial forces (pre-Union)
Death Record
Date of Death
19 March 1902 99
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Mortally wounded during an engagement near Brandy Wyn's Kop, in the Garies district; died shortly after the column reached Garies 1
Mortally wounded during an engagement near Brandy Wyn's Kop, in the Garies district; died shortly after the column reached Garies. Part of a patrol that had left Garies on 18 March 1902, during which Lieutenant Charles Darter was killed and buried near Brandy Wyn's Kop; the column was then nearly surrounded at Rietkloof on 19 March before withdrawing to Garies.
Location
Country
South Africa 23,694
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unknown
Unit History
Part of
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Mechanised Infantry — Reserve
Notes
Unknown
Research notes

angloboerwar.com Boer War Forum, 'Medals to the Cape Town Highlanders' thread (https://www.angloboerwar.com/forum/5-medals-and-awards/30387-medals-to-the-cape-town-highlanders posts by Dr David Biggins citing medal auction descriptions and 'The Times History of the War in South Africa' Vol V. Medal: CGHGSM (1) Bechuanaland (Pte. 489 H. Bidmead. C.T. Highdrs.); QSA (1) CC (489 S.Q.M.Serjt. H. Bidmead. Cape Town Hdrs.). Note: his QSA was issued off the Cape Town Highlanders roll, but a Supplementary QSA roll of the Namaqualand Border Scouts (dated 7 Aug 1907) records his service with the NBS as 1 Jun 1901 to 19 Mar 1902 (his date of death) and states no service in any other unit -- the SA01/SA02 clasps from that later roll probably never reached his next-of-kin. Buried at Garies.

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