Service Details
Name:
 HOUGHTON
Given Name:
 ANDREW PETRIE
Initials:
 A P
Service No:
 123471
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
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Date of Death:
 1979-10-21
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Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in action at Lusitu, Zambia, during Operation Tepid. It was an attack by SAS, RLI and RhAF on a ZIPRA base, north of Kariba.
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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Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
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