Service Details
Name:
 DA COSTA
Given Name:
 FRANCISCO DUARTE
Initials:
 F D
Service No:
 728075
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian Light Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Battalion
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Unit 2:
 3 Commando, 11 Troop
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Date of Death:
 1976-11-15
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Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, gunshot wound in a contact, Battle of Hill 31, Msasa Tribal Trust Lands, Mutasa, Op Thrasher. He was shot by a lone terrorist running away from the sweep-line. He was casevaced to Ruda and then Umtali.
Additional
Information:
Recently arrived from Portugal. 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:
 Portugal
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Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
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