Service Details
Name:
 HARTLEY
Given Name:
 EDWARD JAMES
Initials:
 E J
Service No:
 124628
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian African Rifles
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Unit:
 6 Independent Company
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Date of Death:
 1978-10-12
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Date of Birth:
 1960-02-01
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in a contact in the Ops Thrasher area.
Additional
Information:
Son of James Hopkins Hartley and Margaret Dishington. He was the youngest of four siblings: June Mavis Hartley, Merle Catherine Hartley, and Sharon Joyce Hartley. A Marandellas High 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:
 CREMATED
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated - his ashes are kept in the home of his sister, Merle

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