Identity
Person No.
40557
Service No.
781165
Last Name
First Name
Godfrey James Glanville
Initials
G J G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, ambush in the Gwanda area, Op Tangent. Webber and four trackers followed the spoor of terrorists for four days after they had abducted a fellow RAR soldier. They had entered a village where they were ambushed
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
"C" Coy.
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
Notes
An Umtali Boys High School old boy. ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Research notes
Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian War Casualties. 3rd printing. JustDone / Lulu, 2009 (Rhodesia: Roll of Honour).
Citations
***Submitted for War Grave Status to CWGC, awaiting acceptance
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