Identity
Person No.
38927
Service No.
76852
Last Name
First Name
Gideon Edward
Initials
G E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
35
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, vehicle hit a boosted mine in the Ops Thresher area. He was the owner of the Sabie Star holiday resort near Umtali and had previously been captured by ZANLA and later released in Mozambique, as he was South African citizen
Military Service
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
3 Commando
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Part of
Notes
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).
Citations
***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
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