Service Details
Name:
 WHITE
Given Name:
 DEON McALASTAIR
Initials:
 D M
Service No:
 PR99392
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 Rhodesia Regiment
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Unit:
 10th Battalion
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Unit 2:
 "C" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1976-10-30
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in action on the 28th Oct, gunshot wound to the head. He killed six of the enemy in this contact while drawing enemy fire away from the rest of his section
Decorations:
 Bronze Cross of Rhodesia (Posthumous)
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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Locality:
 Harare (Salisbury)
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Cemetery:
 HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CREMATORIUM
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