Identity
Person No.
40317
Service No.
780075
Last Name
First Name
John Ryan
Initials
J R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
48
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,735
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Aircraft Accident, hit an overhead wire on the Shinda Orchards Farm, between Cashel and Umtali, while visiting troops in the field at Christmas, in Alouette III #37
Military Service
Rank
Major General
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
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.
Listed in Geldenhuys, Rhodesian Air Force Operations (2007) Roll of Honour (ALSO): Chief of Staff Army, KOAS air accident, SAAF Alouette Z-Car, 23 Dec 1975 (with van Rensburg).
Research notes
Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian Air Force Operations with Air Strike Log. Just Done Productions / Lulu, 2007 (ISBN 978-1-920169-61-9).
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Geldenhuys — Rhodesian Air Force Operations (Air Strike Log)
open source ↗
Roll of Honour ALSO — Maj Gen John Shaw, 23 Dec 1975
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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