In Memory Of

WICKENDEN, JOHN

Service Details
Age:
 44
Date of Birth:
 1922-09-22
Service No:
 3990
Rank:
 Superintendent
Unit:
 Duty Uniform Branch
Regiment:
 British South Africa Police
Former Regiment:
 attd. Special Air Service
Date of Death:
 1966-10-12
Cause of Death:
 Died in an accidental explosion, while loading unsafe gelignite into canoes on the Zambesi River, near Chirundu, for transport to a safe place for destruction
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CREMATORIUM
Localitly:
 Harare (Salisbury)
Country:
 Zimbabwe
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Meritorious Conduct Medal (Posthumous)
Son of Robert Membry and Kathleen Elizabeth Wickenden, of Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, United Kingdom. Husband of Jeanne Evelyn Wickenden. Born Bishops, Stortford, Herts. 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.