Service Details
Name:
 TURKINGTON
Given Name:
 GRAHAM
Initials:
 G
Service No:
 727613
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:
 1977-08-16
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Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, neck and chest wounds, received from an enemy rifle grenade and died during casevac. Action occurred near Birchenough Bridge in the Nyanyadzi/Hot Springs area, Op Repulse.
Additional
Information:
Born in Ireland. 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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Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Buried in Banket

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