Service Details
Name:
 DU TOIT
Given Name:
 ANDREW JAMESON
Initials:
 A J
Service No:
 V5047
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian African Rifles
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Unit:
 3 Independent Company
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Date of Death:
 1979-12-27
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Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, bullet wound in a contact in the Inyanga area, Op Thrasher. Various sticks had been deployed in the commercial wattle plantations in the area. Gus' stick had gone into a plantation workers' compound when they came under mortar and small arms fire from the nearby forest. As Gus was running across the edge of the forest in a clearing that carried electricity pylons, he was fatally wounded. He died during the helicopter casevac flight to hospital
Additional
Information:
Intake 163. A Prince Edward School old boy. ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Commemoration
Country:
 Zimbabwe
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Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
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