In Memory Of
CHAIT, ANDREW
Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
1949-05-03
Service No:
XR5153
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
"C" Sqdn.
Regiment:
Special Air Service
Date of Death:
1977-03-24
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, in an attack on Chioco in Tete Province, Mocambique. Shot while preparing to throw a grenade at a machine gun position.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CEMETERY
Localitly:
Harare (Salisbury)
Country:
Zimbabwe
Additional Information
Decorations:
Member of the Order of the Legion of Merit (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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