Cockroft, Mark Bryan

Identity

Person No.

39152

Service No.

PR76079

Last Name

Cockroft 1

First Name

Mark Bryan

Initials

M B

Date of Birth

Unknown

Est. Birth Year

1953 (±1 yr) 314

Age at Death

20

Military Service

Rank

Lance Corporal

Regiment

Rhodesia Regiment 437

Unit

Opa 2

Secondary Unit

Army

Death Record

Date of Death

23 April 1973 129

Cause of Death

Killed in action 9,876

Killed in action, multiple gunshot wounds in a vehicle ambush at Mazarabani Tribal Trust Lands, Centenary, Op Hurricane

Grave Reference

Cremated 49

Location

Country

Zimbabwe 2,787

Locality

Harare (Salisbury) 1,462

Cemetery

HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CREMATORIUM 128

Additional Information

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.

Citation

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

External Source

Unknown

South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #39152

Cockroft, Mark Bryan (M B)