Service Details
Name:
 CARTER
Given Name:
 NOEL CONWAY
Initials:
 N C
Service No:
 1549
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 South African Horse
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Unit:
 2nd
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Date of Death:
 1917-02-21
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Date of Birth:
 1879-12-25
Age:
 38
Cause of Death:
 Died of blackwater fever
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"
Additional
Information:
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
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 E.C. 293.

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