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Identity
Person No.
49324
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Darter 1
First Name
Charles
Initials
C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Cape Town Highlanders 69
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
COLONIAL 393
Colonial forces (pre-Union)
Death Record
Date of Death
18 March 1902 91
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Killed during an engagement in a gorge near Brandy Wyn's Kop, in the Garies district, while on patrol from Garies; buried at the site at 12pm the same day 1
Killed during an engagement in a gorge near Brandy Wyn's Kop, in the Garies district, while on patrol from Garies; buried at the site at 12pm the same day. The same patrol was nearly surrounded by the Boers at Rietkloof the following day (19 March), during which S.Q.M. Sgt H. Bidmead was mortally wounded.
Location
Country
South Africa 23,685
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. No medal listing given for Darter himself (the post concerns Bidmead's medal); Darter's death and burial are described in the same narrative, sourced to 'O'Okiep' by Brian Kieran, p.46. First name/initial only given as 'Charles'.

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