In Memory Of
AUSTEN, RONALD RHODES WALTER
Service Details
Age:
32
Date of Birth:
1944-03-19
Service No:
PR38849
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
10th Battalion
Regiment:
Rhodesia Regiment
Date of Death:
1976-08-31
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. Died from a gunshot wound in friendly fire during a contact in the Mrewa area, during Op Hurricane
Commemoration
Cemetery:
KWE KWE CEMETERY
Country:
Zimbabwe
Additional Information
Son of Sid and Ruth Austen. Husband of Cathy Austen. Father of Gary, Tudor, Tracey. Amendments from Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981, by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.