Identity
Person No.
40302
Service No.
PR34148
Last Name
First Name
Richard Byers
Initials
R B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, landmine, 300m from the Gwangwana Store on the Gwangwana-Rushinga road, Op Hurricane
Military Service
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Rhodesia Regiment 487
Formerly
Royal Rhodesia Regiment
(1970)
Unit
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Husband of Bev Sealy, of 6 Oribi Drive, Al Valorem, Shabeni. Born in Rhodesia. 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
Unknown
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