Service Details
Name:
 HARRIS
Given Name:
 JAMES VAUGHAN
Initials:
 J V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Cape Corps
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Unit:
 1st
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Date of Death:
 1918-09-20
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Kh Jibeit
Decorations:
 M C, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 MC LG 27 July 1918 - "For distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in East Africa"; MID LG Sup 7 March 1918 pg 2884
Additional
Information:
Was 1st Class Trooper in Cape Mounted Police prior to Anglo-Boer War; in Anglo-Boer War was Squadron Sergeant-Major in Bethune's Mounted Infantry, 1899 to 1902, Queen's medal (three clasps) King's medal (2 clasps), King Edward's Coronation Medal, 1902; served as Trooper with Special Service Squadron 2nd M.R. (Natal Carbineers) in G.S.W.A. Campaign, 1914/15; gazetted to 1st Cape Corps, 16th December, 1915, rank, Lieutenant. ***Might be 1st Cape Corps
Commemoration
Country:
 Israel
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Cemetery:
 JERUSALEM WAR CEMETERY, Israel
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Grave Reference:
 M. 40.

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