In Memory Of
DA COSTA, FRANCISCO DUARTE
Service Details
Age:
31
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
728075
Rank:
Trooper
Unit:
1st Battalion
Unit 2:
3 Commando, 11 Troop
Regiment:
Rhodesian Light Infantry
Date of Death:
1976-11-15
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, gunshot wound in a contact, Battle of Hill 31, Msasa Tribal Trust Lands, Mutasa, Op Thrasher. He was shot by a lone terrorist running away from the sweep-line. He was casevaced to Ruda and then Umtali.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
UNKNOWN CEMETERY
Country:
Portugal
Additional Information
Recently arrived from Portugal. 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.