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<blockquote data-quote="oscarteves" data-source="post: 633161" data-attributes="member: 268"><p>The last Argentine to die on Tumbledown itself was “Pedro”, whom I mentioned in the Introduction. He kept firing and moving to new positions until some members of the fire support team advanced around the base of the Terrace to acquire a better firing angle. British accounts state that Pedro was killed by Lance Corporal Tyler of LF Company with a 66, but in fact be fell to the machine-gun fire that followed the rocket, with a bullet through the forehead. The incident took place at least an hour after de la Madrid and the rest of the Argentine troops retreated. In 5th Infantry Brigade in the Malvinas, Nicholas van der Bijl reports that Captain Campbell-Lamerton of 2 SG’s Anti-Tank Platoon persuaded an Argentine officer to appeal to Pedro to surrender, but I have not been able to establish who the officer was – it cannot have been Vázquez, who surrendered at about this time at the far end of Tumbledown, and Argentine sources admit to no other officer captured. If the Argentine care to do so, they may be able to establish who the officer was, and through him and de la Madrid perhaps identify and honour the memory of a very brave man lying in an anonymous grave in Darwin Harbour cemetery.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="oscarteves, post: 633161, member: 268"] The last Argentine to die on Tumbledown itself was “Pedro”, whom I mentioned in the Introduction. He kept firing and moving to new positions until some members of the fire support team advanced around the base of the Terrace to acquire a better firing angle. British accounts state that Pedro was killed by Lance Corporal Tyler of LF Company with a 66, but in fact be fell to the machine-gun fire that followed the rocket, with a bullet through the forehead. The incident took place at least an hour after de la Madrid and the rest of the Argentine troops retreated. In 5th Infantry Brigade in the Malvinas, Nicholas van der Bijl reports that Captain Campbell-Lamerton of 2 SG’s Anti-Tank Platoon persuaded an Argentine officer to appeal to Pedro to surrender, but I have not been able to establish who the officer was – it cannot have been Vázquez, who surrendered at about this time at the far end of Tumbledown, and Argentine sources admit to no other officer captured. If the Argentine care to do so, they may be able to establish who the officer was, and through him and de la Madrid perhaps identify and honour the memory of a very brave man lying in an anonymous grave in Darwin Harbour cemetery. [/QUOTE]

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