Service Details
Name:
 NEEDHAM
Given Name:
 STEVEN
Initials:
 S
Service No:
 9540
Rank:
 Patrol Officer
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Regiment:
 British South Africa Police
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Unit:
 Ground Coverage
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Date of Death:
 1979-05-11
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Date of Birth:
 1957-04-09
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in an ambush between Devure Bridge and Birchnough Bridge, Op Repulse, when a rocket hit the escort car he was in.
Additional
Information:
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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Grave Reference:
 Buried in Inyazura, Manicaland

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