Identity
Person No.
39037
Service No.
XR5153
Last Name
First Name
Andrew
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in an attack on Chioco in Tete Province, Mocambique. Shot while preparing to throw a grenade at a machine gun position
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Special Air Service 52
Later renamed
Rhodesian Special Air Service
(1961)
Unit
Secondary Unit
"E" 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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