In Memory Of

BOSCHIN, UGO

Service Details
Age:
 33
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 700707
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 9th Bn.
Unit 2:
 "C" Coy.
Regiment:
 Rhodesia Regiment
Date of Death:
 1978-03-28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, about forty minutes flying time by chopper directly south of Shabani and not far to the west of Buchwa Mine (map ref TM 119599) in the Op Repulse area. Elements of C Coy 9RR, on protection duty at a nearby mine, were called in to assist with a 3 Cdo RLI fire force action. Contact was made with 8 ZIPRA CTs; 4 were killed and two captured, but not before 4 members of the SF were killed. Androliakos (who was posthumously awarded the BCR for bravery in this action), Hancock, Boschin and Mtandwa were all killed in this engagement
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 BULAWAYO (ATHLONE) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Bulawayo
Country:
 Zimbabwe
Additional Information
Husband of Edna Boschin. Father of Jason and Anthony Boschin. 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.