Service Details
Name:
 THORNLEY
Given Name:
 MICHAEL EDWARD
Initials:
 M E
Service No:
 8341
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, 4 Troop
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Date of Death:
 1968-04-10
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, gunshot wound during a contact east of Karoi, Operation Cauldron.
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) CREMATORIUM
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Grave Reference:
 Crem. Niche

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