Identity
Person No.
40568
Service No.
PR99392
Last Name
First Name
DEON McALASTAIR
Initials
D M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received in action on the 28th Oct, gunshot wound to the head. He killed six of the enemy in this contact while drawing enemy fire away from the rest of his section
Military Service
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Rhodesia Regiment 487
Formerly
Royal Rhodesia Regiment
(1970)
Unit
Secondary Unit
"C" Coy.
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
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
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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