In Memory Of
POVEY, ROGER JOHN
Service Details
Age:
24
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
PR69378
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit:
2nd Battalion
Regiment:
Rhodesia Regiment
Date of Death:
1974-12-17
Cause of Death:
Died in Aircraft Accident, Trojan #R4326, at Mushimbi Pools. Aircraft crashed on takeoff with pilot, casevac and medic all being killed. He was the casevac, having been injured in a landmine explosion.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Cremated. Memorial stone in the Athlone Cemetery, Bulawayo
Cemetery:
BULAWAYO (ATHLONE) CEMETERY
Localitly:
Bulawayo
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.