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Identity
Person No.
38631
Service No.
9630
Last Name
McCLELLAND 4
First Name
William Joseph Andrew
Initials
W J A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1951 (±1 yr) 254
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
17 August 1978 155
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action, in the Shabani District, Op Repulse
Military Service
Rank
Patrol Officer
Regiment
British South Africa Police 653
Unit
Support Unit 183
Secondary Unit
Police
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Gutu District 93
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,272
Grave Reference
Believed buried in Warren Hills Jewish Cemetery 56
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Security Forces
Part of
British South Africa Police
Notes

He was from Northern Ireland. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.

Research notes

Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian War Casualties. 3rd printing. JustDone / Lulu, 2009 (Rhodesia: Roll of Honour).

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