Identity
Person No.
39180
Service No.
728075
Last Name
First Name
Francisco Duarte
Initials
F D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, gunshot wound in a contact, Battle of Hill 31, Msasa Tribal Trust Lands, Mutasa, Op Thrasher. He was shot by a lone terrorist running away from the sweep-line. He was casevaced to Ruda and then Umtali
Military Service
Rank
Trooper
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
3 Commando, 11 Troop
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Recently arrived from Portugal. 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).
Geldenhuys scrape duplicate PersonNumber 49095 deleted 27 Aug 2026 (LastName Commando; only RLI Hill 31 death that day is Da Costa, Francisco Duarte.)
Citations
***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
External References
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Geldenhuys — Rhodesian War Casualties
open source ↗
Rhodesia: Roll of Honour (chronological)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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