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Identity
Person No.
40737
Service No.
2289
Last Name
Higgins 6
First Name
Gordon Samuel Bates
Initials
G S B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1933 (±1 yr) 66
Age at Death
28
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Rhodesian Light Infantry 145
Unit
1st Battalion 462
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
02 August 1961 101
Cause of Death
Died in accident 34
Died in accident
Grave Reference
Cremated at Warren Hills 172
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Harare (Salisbury) 1,462
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Samuel and Doris May Higgins. Born Ashted, Birmingham. An asplalte supervisor. 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.

Citation

***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #40737