In Memory Of

GILLIES, STUART

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 1959-03-20
Service No:
 10422
Rank:
 Patrol Officer
Unit:
 Duty Uniform Branch
Regiment:
 British South Africa Police
Date of Death:
 1978-12-15
Cause of Death:
 Died in Friendly Fire Incident, a bullet fired at a local who was not co-operating with the PATU patrol went through the local and struck P/O Gillies, in Lupane District (Operation Tangent)
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 BULAWAYO AREA CEMETERY ?
Localitly:
 Bulawayo
Country:
 Zimbabwe
Additional Information
Born Ben Hills, Scotland. Attested 6 February 1978. ***Note from Alistair Johnstone - Was going to swap my trip to Dett with P/O Gillies as a friend of mine was on the patrol he was in. I decided at the last minute I did not want to swap as they were going to Nkai which was a rotten area. 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.