In Memory Of
BECKING, GIDEON EDWARD
Service Details
Age:
35
Date of Birth:
1944-02-11
Service No:
76852
Rank:
Rifleman
Unit:
4th Battalion
Regiment:
Rhodesia Regiment
Date of Death:
1979-04-25
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, vehicle hit a boosted mine in the Ops Thresher area. He was the owner of the Sabie Star holiday resort near Umtali and had previously been captured by ZANLA and later released in Mozambique, as he was South African citizen
Commemoration
Cemetery:
CAROLINA CEMETERY
Localitly:
Mpumalanga
Country:
South Africa
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.
