Service Details
Name:
 WICKENDEN
Given Name:
 JOHN
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 3990
Rank:
 Superintendent
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Regiment:
 British South Africa Police
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Unit:
 Duty Uniform Branch
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Former Regiment:
 attd. Special Air Service
Date of Death:
 1966-10-12
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Date of Birth:
 1922-09-22
Age:
 44
Cause of Death:
 Died in an accidental explosion, while loading unsafe gelignite into canoes on the Zambesi River, near Chirundu, for transport to a safe place for destruction
Decorations:
 Meritorious Conduct Medal (Posthumous)
Additional
Information:
Son of Robert Membry and Kathleen Elizabeth Wickenden, of Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, United Kingdom. Husband of Jeanne Evelyn Wickenden. Born Bishops, Stortford, Herts. 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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