Service Details
Name:
 CHRISTOPHER
Given Name:
 VERNON JOSEPH WILLIAM
Initials:
 V J W
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 Natal Carbineers
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Date of Death:
 1906-07-05
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, assegai wound, near Thring?s Post, Victoria County , during Bambatha / Zulu Rebellion of 1906
Additional
Information:
Son of Lucius William and Martha (nee Mileman) Christopher, of Budleigh, Ladysmith, Natal. Born Ladysmith. Educated Newcastle Primary School; Durban High School 1902-1903; admin #918; Hilton College 1904. Commemorated on special memorial plaque at Durban High School
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 LADYSMITH CEMETERY
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