Identity
Person No.
40479
Service No.
727785
Last Name
First Name
Ian Robert
Initials
I R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
32
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
NAT 761
Natural causes
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Rhodesia Regiment 487
Formerly
Royal Rhodesia Regiment
(1970)
Unit
Secondary Unit
2 Commando
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
Awards
Bronze Cross of Rhodesia (BCR)
Rhodesia · awarded 1979-09-04
Awarded the Bronze Cross of Rhodesia (BCR). 1 RLI honours list: 727785 Trooper Z.R. Traynor, Support Commando, gazetted 4 September 1979 (Ian Robert “Gin” Traynor on the RLI obituaries). Died 11 February 1980. Source: https://therli.com/history/honours-and-awards
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
First record of a sequential SAWGP citation smear; following PersonNumbers cleared. Award not independently name-matched.
Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian War Casualties. 3rd printing. JustDone / Lulu, 2009 (Rhodesia: Roll of Honour).
Citations
For actions or awarded 4 September 1979
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