Service Details
Name:
 McCALL
Given Name:
 HUGH JOHN
Initials:
 H J
Service No:
 727941
Rank:
 Acting Sergeant
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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:
 1979-07-16
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Date of Birth:
 1935-05-08
Age:
 44
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, near Buffalo Range during Operation Repulse, tragically shot while advancing uphill against the enemy in thick bush on the last day of a six-week bush trip. Another American Steve Dwyer was killed trying to rescue Hugh.
Additional
Information:
Husband of Jo McCall and father of Hughie and Melinda McCall. American Citizen from New York and had served with the U.S Army 173rd Airborne. 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:
 Harare (Salisbury)
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Cemetery:
 HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CEMETERY
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