Identity
Person No.
39359
Service No.
725359
Last Name
First Name
John Barry (chunkie)
Initials
J B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Accident, during a training exercise at Kariba, Op Splinter, a bullet ricocheted off a tree and struck him in the head
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
1 Commando
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Part of
Notes
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).
Citations
***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
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