In Memory Of

CREWE, JOHN GIBBS

Service Details
Age:
 19
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 PR104449
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 5 Independent Company
Regiment:
 Rhodesia Regiment
Date of Death:
 1976-06-15
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, gunshot wounds, received in a contact at Nagaone Business Centre near Chipinga, Op Thrasher. Three CTs were encountered at a school; two were killed but, a third took cover in the bush from where he shot and killed Mark Torrington and John Crewe. A third rifleman was seriously wounded.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 BULAWAYO (ATHLONE) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Bulawayo
Country:
 Zimbabwe
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.