Service Details
Name:
 CALDER
Given Name:
 BASIL LEONARD
Initials:
 B L
Service No:
 21251Y
Rank:
 Field Reservist
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Regiment:
 British South Africa Police
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Unit:
 Field Reserve
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Date of Death:
 1977-01-08
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Date of Birth:
 1938-04-05
Age:
 38
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, landmine, Rutenga (Operation Repulse). While on duty protecting a local farm, their vehicle struck a landmine
Additional
Information:
Born Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. 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.
Commemoration
Country:
 Zimbabwe
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Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
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