Service Details
Name:
 MACHONA
Given Name:
 PATRICK
Initials:
 P
Service No:
 201415
Rank:
 Auxiliary Constable
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Regiment:
 British South Africa Police
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Date of Death:
 1978-09-28
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Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Murdered, by terrorists. He was injured in an ambush while on patrol in the Chilimanzi Tribal Trust Lands and after being abandoned by his companions, went to a nearby kraal for help. His mutilated body was discovered the next day.
Additional
Information:
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.
Commemoration
Country:
 Zimbabwe
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Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
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