In Memory Of

CLARKE, GEORGE WILLIAM

Service Details
Age:
 28
Service No:
 728197
Rank:
 Trooper
Unit:
 Support Commando, 1st Battalion
Unit 2:
 Army
Regiment:
 Rhodesian Light Infantry
Date of Death:
 1977-05-15
Cause of Death:
 Killed in a contact near Rogogo Airfield, between Mrewa and Inyanga. He died of his wounds while being casavaced by helicopter to Mtoko.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
Country:
 Zimbabwe
Additional Information
George was from California and quite Californian in style and manner always smiling. He was a Vietnam veteran having served in the U.S. Marine Corps. George was in the battle of Hue city. George was in RLI Intake 156. Ref 'Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr JRT Wood). Ref Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981, by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.