In Memory Of
CHARTER, DEREK CHARLES
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1922-04-07
Service No:
225673V
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Regiment:
Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces
Date of Death:
1944-09-19
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III, B, 2.
Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
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.
