In Memory Of
THORNLEY, MICHAEL EDWARD
Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
8341
Rank:
Trooper
Unit:
1st Battalion
Unit 2:
1 Commando, 4 Troop
Regiment:
Rhodesian Light Infantry
Date of Death:
1968-04-10
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, gunshot wound during a contact east of Karoi, Operation Cauldron.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Crem. Niche
Cemetery:
HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CREMATORIUM
Localitly:
Harare (Salisbury)
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.
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