In Memory Of

CARTER, NOEL CONWAY

Service Details
Age:
 38
Date of Birth:
 1879-12-25
Service No:
 1549
Rank:
 Corporal
Unit:
 2nd
Regiment:
 South African Horse
Date of Death:
 1917-02-21
Cause of Death:
 Died of blackwater fever
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 E.C. 293.
Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D C M, Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War
Citations:
 DCM LG Sup 20 October 1916 - "For conspicuous gallantry. He went out twice under heavy fire to take water to a wounded scout, and to try to remove him into safety from his exposed position." Brought to the Notice of the Secretary of State for War LG Sup 8 February 1917 - "For meritorious service in the field in East Africa"
Son of the Rev. Conway Richard Dobbs and Georgina Maria (nee Shorland) Carter, of 27 Milton Street, London EC. On Krugersdorp and Districts War Memorial. On St. Erth War Memorial. His brother Herbert Augustine Carter VC also died in service