Service Details
Name:
 CHARTER
Given Name:
 DEREK CHARLES
Initials:
 D C
Service No:
 225673V
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-19
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Date of Birth:
 1922-04-07
Age:
 22
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
Additional
Information:
Son of Arthur Ernest and Margaritha Elizabeth Charter, of Caister Hotel, Durban. Born in Pretoria. Joined up straight from school. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III, B, 2.

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