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Identity
Person No.
40514
Service No.
PR101728
Last Name
Van Rooyen 92
First Name
Martin Bruce
Initials
M B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1956 (±1 yr) 383
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
21 June 1976 114
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, gunshot wound head, in a contact near Mtoko, Op Hurricane
Military Service
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Rhodesia Regiment 487
Formerly Royal Rhodesia Regiment (1970)
Unit
10th Battalion 39
Secondary Unit
"C" Coy.
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Harare (Salisbury) 1,462
Cemetery
HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CEMETERY 279
Grave Reference
Buried in the same grave as his brother, Anthony Camacho, KOAS 12 Jan 1978 6
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Army - Infantry
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.

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***Submitted for War Grave Status to CWGC, awaiting acceptance

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