Service Details
Name:
 FITCH
Given Name:
 DEREK
Initials:
 D
Service No:
 9253
Rank:
 Section Officer (T)
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Regiment:
 British South Africa Police
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Unit:
 Armanents Section
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Date of Death:
 1975-05-27
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Age:
 43
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, gunshot wound to the abdomen, at Mtoko Police Station (Operation Hurricane)
Additional
Information:
Born Scarborough, United Kingdom. Attested 17 October 1974. Ex Rhodesian Air Force explosives expert. 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) CREMATORIUM
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated

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