Identity
Person No.
39018
Service No.
21381
Last Name
First Name
Michael Patrick
Initials
M P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in an accidental explosion, while loading unsafe gelignite into canoe's on the Zambesi River, near Chirundu, for transport to a safe place for destruction
Military Service
Rank
Colour Sergeant
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
"C" Coy.
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
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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