Service Details
Name:
 CREWE
Given Name:
 JOHN GIBBS
Initials:
 J G
Service No:
 PR104449
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 Rhodesia Regiment
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Unit:
 5 Independent Company
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Date of Death:
 1976-06-15
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Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, gunshot wounds, received in a contact at Nagaone Business Centre near Chipinga, Op Thrasher. Three CTs were encountered at a school; two were killed but, a third took cover in the bush from where he shot and killed Mark Torrington and John Crewe. A third rifleman was seriously wounded.
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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Locality:
 Bulawayo
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Cemetery:
 BULAWAYO (ATHLONE) CEMETERY
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