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Identity
Person No.
40474
Service No.
73548
Last Name
Topham 2
First Name
Arthur Stocquell
Initials
A S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1953 (±1 yr) 313
Age at Death
25
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment 9
Unit
"A" Sqdn. 17
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
07 November 1978 116
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, in a landmine blast near Chipinga, Op Thrasher. He was sitting in the turret of a Ferret Scout Car, busy with checking deserted farms in the area
Grave Reference
Buried in Mrewa 8
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
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.

Citation

Awarded 13 October 1978 - "He was involved in 35 contacts in which 170 CTs were killed. This included 29 parachute deployments. In a contact on 27 June 1978, under very heavy fire, he went to the rescue of his wounded machine gunner. He accounted for 2 CTs, but in the follow up he was fatally shot".

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #40474