In Memory Of

ERASMUS, FRANCOIS JACOBUS

Service Details
Age:
 30
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 10011
Rank:
 Patrol Officer
Unit:
 Special Branch
Regiment:
 British South Africa Police
Former Regiment:
 formerly Royal Hong Kong Police
Date of Death:
 1977-07-29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, vehicle ambush, Nyamaropa Tribal Trust Lands (Operation Thrasher)
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Harare (Salisbury)
Country:
 Zimbabwe
Additional Information
Son of Flight Lieutenant Francois Jacobus Erasmus and Rosemarie Molly Erasmus. Born Vryheid, South Africa. Educated Aliwal North Primary and High Schools. Attested 21 March 1977. His father also died in service. 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.