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Identity
Person No.
39561
Service No.
PR53400
Last Name
Kriek 5
First Name
James Jurie
Initials
J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1940 (±1 yr) 98
Age at Death
36
Death Record
Date of Death
23 January 1976 125
Cause code
SHOT 546
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident 289
Died in Shooting Incident, in the NE Border area
Military Service
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Rhodesia Regiment 487
Formerly Royal Rhodesia Regiment (1970)
Unit
6th Battalion 15
Secondary Unit
1 Commando
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Harare (Salisbury) 1,462
Cemetery
KWE KWE CEMETERY 11
Grave Reference
Cremated 4
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Army - Infantry
Notes

Remembered on 6th Bn. Rhodesia Regiment Memorial, The Matopos. Listed on the Qwe Qwe Municipal Roll of Honour. 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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