Bint, Frederick Walter Henry

Identity

Person No.

38955

Service No.

PR70993

Last Name

Bint 1

First Name

Frederick Walter Henry

Initials

F W H

Date of Birth

Unknown

Est. Birth Year

1943 (±1 yr) 117

Age at Death

33

Death Record

Date of Death

12 May 1976 119

Cause code

Unknown

Cause of Death

Killed by a gunshot wound to the chest in a vehicle ambush in the Beitbridge area 1

Killed by a gunshot wound to the chest in a vehicle ambush in the Beitbridge area. His company was on its way home to Brady Barracks, travelling along the Tshiturapadzi to Chikwarakwara road when the ambush occurred, and as the troops debussed to defend their position, Rfn Frederick Bint, Rfn Pieter Blignaut and Cpl Theunis van Tonder were fatally wounded. Cpl Marthinus Kelly and Rfn Niall Campbell, both sustaining abdominal wounds in the ambush, died in hospital of their wounds on 15 May 1976 and 23 May 1976 respectively

Military Service

Rank

Rifleman

Regiment

Rhodesia Regiment 487

Formerly Royal Rhodesia Regiment (1970)

Unit

9th Battalion 32

Secondary Unit

3 Platoon

Defence Force

RSF 2,789