Service Details
Name:
 ROBEY
Given Name:
 JOHN DORREL EGLETON
Initials:
 J D E
Service No:
 9289
Rank:
 Patrol Officer
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Regiment:
 British South Africa Police
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Unit:
 Uniform
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Date of Death:
 1978-01-25
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. in an ambush at a river crossing near Dett en route to investigate a mortar attack on a farmhouse. He was firing over the top of his Land Rover when he was struck by 3 rounds of RPD fire
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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Locality:
 Bulawayo
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Cemetery:
 BULAWAYO (WEST PARK) CREMATORIUM
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated

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