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QSA (2) Cape Colony, Wittebergen (6908 Pte. D. Proudfoot, 1. High: Lt. Inft.);
KSA (2) (6908 Pte. D. Proudfoot. Highland L.I.)

David Proudfoot, a miner, was born in Moffatt in 1875 and attested for the Highland Light Infantry at Edinburgh on 24 April 1899. Posted to South Africa from 8 May 1900, his Army Service record notes that he was awarded the Mounted Infantry Certificate in 1902 and served with the British Expeditionary Force in France from 29 November 1914. He was subsequently discharged at Dumbarton from the 1st Garrison Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, upon the termination of his second period of engagement on 23 April 1916, his latter work in the Quartermaster’s stores described as ‘very good’.