Service Details
Name:
 BYRNE
Given Name:
 JOSEPH PATRICK
Initials:
 J P
Service No:
 728721
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian Light Infantry
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Unit:
 14 Trp, 3 Commando, 1st Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1978-10-26
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Lower Sabi, Mutema Tribal Trust Lands, during Operation Repulse.
Additional
Information:
Was a proud Irish American from Kearney, New Jersey. 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:
 United States of America
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Locality:
 New Jersey
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Cemetery:
 NORTH ARLINGTON (HOLY CROSS) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Block 39, Section A, Tier K, Grave 17

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