Service Details
Name:
 DE WILZEM
Given Name:
 CHRISTIAAN LOUIS
Initials:
 C L
Service No:
 73508434PR
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 5 Reconnaissance Regiment
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Unit 2:
 attd. "D" Sqdn. Rhodesian Special Air Service
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Date of Death:
 1978-01-04
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Date of Birth:
 1957-08-19
Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during counter-insurgency operations in Mocambique as part of Operation Melon (SADF Name (Operation Acrobat). They were attached to "D" Squadron Rhodesian Special Air Service when their patrol walked into 30-man strong Frelimo ambush in the Gaza Province of Mozambique
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. C. J. De Wilzem, of Allen Grove, Kempton Park. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood)
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 KEMPTON PARK (ZUURFONTEIN) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 2535

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