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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 673

(x) District Mounted Police

The District Mounted Police - sometimes known as the 'Special Mine Police' - were given the responsibility of guarding the Johannesburg mines. In the first nine months after the occupation, their patrols and posts were constantly attacked and they accounted for 11 killed, 32 wounded and 37 prisoners.

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Pte. S. Whitehead. D.M.P.), reaffixed suspension, edge bruising and wear, fine or better

S. Whitehead is noted on the roll as having 'rendered material assistance in the Tarka District'.

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