In Memory Of
MACHONA, PATRICK
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
201415
Rank:
Auxiliary Constable
Regiment:
British South Africa Police
Date of Death:
1978-09-28
Cause of Death:
Murdered, by terrorists. He was injured in an ambush while on patrol in the Chilimanzi Tribal Trust Lands and after being abandoned by his companions, went to a nearby kraal for help. His mutilated body was discovered the next day.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
UNKNOWN CEMETERY
Country:
Zimbabwe
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.