In Memory Of
CAHILL, MICHAEL PATRICK
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1941-02-04
Service No:
21381
Rank:
Colour Sergeant
Unit:
"C" Sqdn.
Regiment:
Special Air Service
Date of Death:
1966-10-12
Cause of Death:
Died in an accidental explosion, while loading unsafe gelignite into canoe's on the Zambesi River, near Chirundu, for transport to a safe place for destruction
Commemoration
Cemetery:
HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CEMETERY
Localitly:
Harare (Salisbury)
Country:
Zimbabwe
Additional Information
Decorations:
Meritorious Conduct Medal (Posthumous)
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.
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