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Identity
Person No.
38953
Service No.
650600
Last Name
Binga 1
First Name
Bernard
Initials
B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1952 (±1 yr) 285
Age at Death
27
Military Service
Rank
Sapper
Regiment
Rhodesian Corps of Engineers 78
Unit
1 Squadron 22
Secondary Unit
3 Platoon
Death Record
Date of Death
05 January 1979 75
Cause of Death
Killed on active service 110
Killed on active service. While loading suspected faulty anti-personnel mines into a truck at the Vic Falls Op Tangent) Rifle Range, some of the mines detonated, killing 7 men
Grave Reference
Sp. Mem. V. C. 12. Buried near this spot. 2
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Pas de Calais 1,577
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
Notes

Ref 'Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr JRT Wood). Amendments from Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981, by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.

Citation

***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #38953