Service Details
Name:
 BECKING
Given Name:
 GIDEON EDWARD
Initials:
 G E
Service No:
 76852
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 Rhodesia Regiment
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Unit:
 4th Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1979-04-25
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Date of Birth:
 1944-02-11
Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, vehicle hit a boosted mine in the Ops Thresher area. He was the owner of the Sabie Star holiday resort near Umtali and had previously been captured by ZANLA and later released in Mozambique, as he was South African citizen
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:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Mpumalanga
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Cemetery:
 CAROLINA CEMETERY
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