Service Details
Name:
 ELSAESSER
Given Name:
 WULF EIKE
Initials:
 W E
Service No:
 729874
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian Light Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Battalion
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Unit 2:
 3 Commando, 12 Troop
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Canadian Armed Forces Regular Component
Date of Death:
 1979-06-16
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Date of Birth:
 1958-05-22
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during an operation to rescue a kidnapped woman, Mrs. Mulligan.
Additional
Information:
Son of Oswald and Hilde Elsaesser, of Merritt, British Columbia, Canada. He had served in the Canadian Armed Forces Regular Component from 22 November 1976 till 23 November 1977. ref. "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Commemoration
Country:
 Canada
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Locality:
 British Columbia
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Cemetery:
 CHILLIWACK (ST. THOMAS) ANGLICAN LITTLE MOUNTAIN CEMETERY
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