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Identity
Person No.
39811
Service No.
105912
Last Name
Meddows-Taylor 1
First Name
Colin M
Initials
C M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1947 (±1 yr) 174
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
20 January 1978 94
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, accidental detonation of a mine during Operation Melon in the Mapai district, Gaza Province, Mocambique
Military Service
Rank
Trooper
Regiment
Special Air Service 52
Later renamed Rhodesian Special Air Service (1961)
Unit
"C" Squadron 59
Secondary Unit
3 Commando
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Bulawayo 647
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,272
Grave Reference
No headstone 55
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Army - Special Forces
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).

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