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Identity
Person No.
40377
Service No.
770004
Last Name
Smith 324
First Name
Stella Mary Beatrice
Initials
S M B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1927 (±1 yr) 101
Age at Death
49
Death Record
Date of Death
09 February 1976 94
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of multiple injuries 21
Died of multiple injuries, at Andrew Fleming Hospital
Military Service
Rank
Unknown
Regiment
Rhodesian Women's Services 3
Unit
School of Infantry 53
Later renamed Infantry School
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Gweru (Gwelo) 109
Cemetery
GWERU CEMETERY 46
Grave Reference
Unknown
Coordinates
-19.45085, 29.80413 OSM
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Army - Corps and services
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


6 Sep 2026: GraveRef was corrupted with the Mapai Puma 164 crash-site text ("Body not recovered - crash site coordinates are: S22 06' 48.2\" E31 39' 12.1\"") -- discovered while fixing that text's encoding on the genuine 17 Puma 164 casualties. This record's own DateDeath has nothing to do with that 6 Sep 1979 incident; the crash-site text does not belong here. Cleared rather than guessed -- the real GraveRef value is unknown. This record's own Cemetery/CemeteryLat/CemeteryLong were not affected and are unchanged.

Citations

***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file

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