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Identity
Person No.
39173
Service No.
725675
Last Name
Cripps 3
First Name
Clive Gordon (chippo)
Initials
C G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1960 (±1 yr) 416
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
11 January 1979 107
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, when 10 ZANLA ambushed his patrol at Hot Springs, Op Thrasher, while deploying for operations in Manica Province, Mocambique
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Special Air Service 52
Later renamed Rhodesian Special Air Service (1961)
Unit
"C" Squadron 59
Secondary Unit
Mortar Troop
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Bulawayo 647
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,272
Grave Reference
Cremated at Warren Hills 172
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Army - Special Forces
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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