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Identity
Person No.
49466
Service No.
821
Last Name
First Name
Mc C.
Initials
M C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Rank
Trooper
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
COLONIAL 402
Colonial forces (pre-Union)
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Scheepers Nek (about six miles south of Vryheid)
Location
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unknown
Notes
Unknown
Research notes

Bethune's Mounted Infantry enrollment/discharge ledger (WO127-style nominal roll scan on angloboerwar.com's Bethune's Mounted Infantry unit page, 'Nominal roll images' tab). Correction pass after a second reading of disputed lines (1 Sep 2026). Stirling, J. (1907), The Colonials in South Africa 1899-1902, as reproduced on the same unit page. Recorded as 821 Gillis Mc C. Tpr, "Scheepers Nek 20.5.00 killed in action". First reading had wrongly assigned this death to neighbouring 786 Gore Sydney Harold, who is "Stock 15.11.00" (a survivor). Service number 821 (sequence 786 Gore then 821 Gillis; 871 is a less likely alternative). Stirling: Scheepers Nek / Vryheid ambush, 20 May 1900.

Citations
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External References
  • angloboerwar.com
    Bethune's Mounted Infantry enrollment/discharge ledger (Nominal roll images)
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