Identity
Person No.
39861
Service No.
5617
Last Name
First Name
Michael St. George John
Initials
M S G J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
FF 52
Friendly fire
Cause of Death
Died in Friendly Fire Incident, when a member of his patrol mistook him for the enemy, in the dark, near Mount Darwin, Op Hurricane
Military Service
Rank
Trooper
Regiment
Special Air Service 52
Later renamed
Rhodesian Special Air Service
(1961)
Unit
Secondary Unit
Support Commando
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
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).
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