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Identity
Person No.
39312
Service No.
110590
Last Name
Fairbanks 1
First Name
Peter Hendrik J
Initials
P H J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1934 (±1 yr) 63
Age at Death
44
Death Record
Date of Death
02 September 1978 114
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, in the Chipinga district, Op Thrasher
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Rhodesian African Rifles 375
Unit
5 Independent Company 11
Secondary Unit
1 Commando
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Gweru (Gwelo) 109
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,272
Grave Reference
Non CWGC grave in CWGC care - date of death is buried date 42
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Army - Infantry
Notes

A farmer from Gazaland. An Umtali Boys High School old boy. ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" 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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