Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private C. V. F. Carapata, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, who was killed in action near Jerusalem on 25 February 1916

1914-15 Star (Pte. C. Carapata 2nd Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. C. V. F. Carapata. 1st. S.A.I.); Memorial Plaque (Charles Victor Francis Carapata) glue residue to reverse of all, good very fine (4) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 1st Regiment, South African Infantry.

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Charles Victor Francis Carapata was born in 1874, the husband of Annie Jacoba Carapata of 15 Fleming Street, Cape Town, South Africa. He initially attested for the 2nd Infantry Regiment, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles, on 8 October 1914, and embarked for the Northern Force (Walvis) per Galway Castle on 9 June 1915. Transferred to “A” Company of the 1st South African Infantry, Carapata was killed in action in an engagement with Turkish forces near Wath Makhl; his funeral was conducted a short while later by the Reverend P. J. Walshe, attached 2nd S.A.I., and his grave was marked with a wooden cross placed atop a sandhill. Today, the recipient is commemorated upon the Jerusalem Memorial.

Sold with copied research and CWGC entries.