Identity
Person No.
39029
Service No.
PR66139
Last Name
First Name
David Aston
Initials
D A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in a contact in the Chiredzi area, Op Repulse, gun shot wound to head. While tracking about 70 terrorists, they were ambushed and he was killed in the initial firefight
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Cemetery
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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.
Citations
***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
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