In Memory Of

WRIGHT, JOHN

Service Details
Age:
 39
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 2400
Rank:
 Colour Sergeant
Unit:
 "C" Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Special Air Service
Date of Death:
 1966-10-12
Cause of Death:
 Died in accidental explosion, while loading unsafe gelignite into canoes on the Zambesi River, near Chirundu. The aim was to destroy a bridge on the Kafue River.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 General Section 7, Grave 284
Cemetery:
 BULAWAYO (ATHLONE) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Bulawayo
Country:
 Zimbabwe
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Meritorious Conduct Medal (Posthumous)
Citations:
 Medal awarded 23 October 1970
Son of Jame and Minnie Wright. Husband of Doreen Joyce Wright. Born Newcastle upon Tyne, England. 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.