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Identity
Person No.
39358
Service No.
665337
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, gunshot wounds
Military Service
Rank
Private
Secondary Unit
1 Commando
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Unit History
Notes

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).
Database-wide FirstName/Age contamination sweep (extension), 28 Sep 2026: FirstName 'Benjamin Joseph' and Age 20 were forward-filled from PersonNumber 39357 down a contiguous run of 2 records -- this record's own LastName ('Govo'), Initials ('D'), ServiceNo ('665337') and DateDeath ('1979-09-07') are all genuinely distinct, confirming a different real person whose FirstName/Age were simply never captured. Unlike the first pass of this sweep, Unit is NOT touched here -- it is not part of this contamination (see the Unit-restoration correction on the related run) and this record's own Unit ('Depot') is left exactly as found. FirstName and Age CLEARED; no replacement guessed.

Citations

***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation

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