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Identity
Person No.
39217
Service No.
728831
Last Name
Furness 2
First Name
Henry Lawrence H
Initials
H L H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1942 (±1 yr) 128
Age at Death
37
Death Record
Date of Death
14 October 1979 136
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, during Operation Thrasher
Military Service
Rank
Trooper
Regiment
Rhodesian Light Infantry 155
Unit
1st Battalion 459
Secondary Unit
Support Commando, Recce Troop
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
South Africa 23,863
Locality
Eastern Cape 971
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,272
Grave Reference
Cremated at Warren Hills 172
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Army - Infantry
Notes

Tpr. "Geordie" Furness once served in the British Royal Marine Commandos. 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).

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