Service Details
Name:
 BOUCH
Given Name:
 ROBERT ALBERT
Initials:
 R A
Service No:
 21196
Rank:
 Warrant Officer Class II
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Regiment:
 Special Air Service
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Unit:
 "C" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1966-10-12
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Date of Birth:
 1933-09-17
Age:
 33
Cause of Death:
 Died in an accidental explosion, while loading unsafe gelignite into canoe's on the Zambesi River, near Chirundu, for transport to a safe place for destruction.
Decorations:
 Meritorious Conduct Medal (Posthumous)
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:
 Harare (Salisbury)
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Cemetery:
 HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CEMETERY
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