Service Details
Name:
 ERASMUS
Given Name:
 FRANCOIS JACOBUS
Initials:
 F J
Service No:
 10011
Rank:
 Patrol Officer
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Regiment:
 British South Africa Police
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Unit:
 Special Branch
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Royal Hong Kong Police
Date of Death:
 1977-07-29
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, vehicle ambush, Nyamaropa Tribal Trust Lands (Operation Thrasher)
Additional
Information:
Son of Flight Lieutenant Francois Jacobus Erasmus and Rosemarie Molly Erasmus. Born Vryheid, South Africa. Educated Aliwal North Primary and High Schools. Attested 21 March 1977. His father also died in service. 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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Locality:
 Harare (Salisbury)
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Cemetery:
 HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CEMETERY
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