Service Details
Name:
 MACEACHARN
Given Name:
 CHARLES MALCOLM
Initials:
 C M
Service No:
 746
Rank:
 Acting Serjeant
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Regiment:
 Rhodesia Regiment
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Unit:
 attd. Field Force Canteen Staff
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Date of Death:
 1918-10-26
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Age:
 38
Cause of Death:
 Died of influenza, contracted from nursing natives after malaria, at Plumtree
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 ***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
Additional
Information:
Born Glasgow. LG 6 August 1918 - "Brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War by Lieutenant-General. Sir J. L. van Deventer, K.C.B., Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces East Africa, for distinguished services during the operations from 30th May to December, 1917, described in his despatch of 21st January, 1918"
Commemoration
Country:
 Zimbabwe
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Cemetery:
 PLUMTREE CEMETERY
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