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Identity
Person No.
40569
Service No.
725494
Last Name
White 60
First Name
Peter Cyril O'brien
Initials
P C O
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1952 (±1 yr) 288
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
28 February 1976 108
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, gunshot wound in a contact at Chibara Hills, Mt Darwin, Op Hurricane
Military Service
Rank
Temporary Sergeant
Regiment
Rhodesian Light Infantry 155
Unit
1st Battalion 459
Secondary Unit
1 Commando, 2 Troop
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Harare (Salisbury) 1,462
Cemetery
HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CREMATORIUM 128
Grave Reference
Body not recovered. Possibly buried at the crash site. 3
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Army - Infantry
Awards
Bronze Cross of Rhodesia
Bronze Cross of Rhodesia (BCR)
Rhodesia · awarded 1975-09-26
Awarded the Bronze Cross of Rhodesia (BCR) for tracking a gang 12 kilometres and accounting for six of them; the citation records outstanding leadership, tactical skill, tracking ability and personal bravery. 1 RLI honours list: 725494 Sergeant P.C.O. White, 1 Commando, gazetted 26 September 1975. Killed in action 28 February 1976 at Chibara Hills. Source: https://therli.com/history/honours-and-awards
Notes

Sgt. Peter White was engaged to RWS Dawn Losper (nee Doughty) and was tragically killed 6 weeks before their scheduled wedding. 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

Earned his BCR for tracking a gang of terrorist 12 Kilometres and accounting for 6 of them. His BCR citation states he showed outstanding qualities of leadership, tactical skills, tracking ability and personal bravery

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