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Identity
Person No.
39431
Service No.
105059
Last Name
Holley 2
First Name
Michael George Preston
Initials
M G P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1947 (±1 yr) 174
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
13 August 1978 107
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, in a contact
Military Service
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Rhodesia Regiment 487
Formerly Royal Rhodesia Regiment (1970)
Unit
5th Battalion 25
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Harare (Salisbury) 1,462
Cemetery
HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CEMETERY 279
Grave Reference
Cremated at Bulawayo (West Park) Crematorium 8
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Army - Infantry
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

***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file

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