Service Details
Name:
DIEDERICKS
Given Name:
CHRISTOPHER
Initials:
C
Service No:
727333
Rank:
Trooper
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Regiment:
Rhodesian Light Infantry
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Unit:
1st Battalion
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Unit 2:
1 Commando
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Date of Death:
1976-02-28
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Age:
22
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, gunshot wound in a contact at Chibara Hills, Mount Darwin, Op Hurricane.
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:
South Africa
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Locality:
Eastern Cape
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Cemetery:
ABERDEEN CEMETERY
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