Identity
Person No.
39302
Service No.
729874
Last Name
First Name
Wulf Eike
Initials
W E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during an operation to rescue a kidnapped woman, Mrs. Mulligan
Military Service
Rank
Trooper
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
3 Commando, 12 Troop
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Oswald and Hilde Elsaesser, of Merritt, British Columbia, Canada. He had served in the Canadian Armed Forces Regular Component from 22 November 1976 till 23 November 1977. ref. "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
***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
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