Service Details
Name:
 OSMOND
Given Name:
 CHARLES DACRES FORBES
Initials:
 C D F
Service No:
 41275V
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Armoured Corps
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Unit 2:
 seconded to 44th (7th Bn.) Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
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Date of Death:
 1944-09-07
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Decorations:
 M C, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 MC LG Sup 22 February 1944 pg. 937, MID LG Sup 19 July 1945 - "For gallant and distinguished services in Italy"
Additional
Information:
Son of Humphrey Dacres and Mabel Emily Osmond, of Addo, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Port Elizabeth. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 MONTECCHIO WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. G. 15.

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