In Memory Of

FITCH, DEREK

Service Details
Age:
 43
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 9253
Rank:
 Section Officer (T)
Unit:
 Armanents Section
Regiment:
 British South Africa Police
Date of Death:
 1975-05-27
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, gunshot wound to the abdomen, at Mtoko Police Station (Operation Hurricane)
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Cremated
Cemetery:
 HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CREMATORIUM
Localitly:
 Harare (Salisbury)
Country:
 Zimbabwe
Additional Information
Born Scarborough, United Kingdom. Attested 17 October 1974. Ex Rhodesian Air Force explosives expert. 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.