In Memory Of
WASHINGTON, DESMOND KENNITH
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
123353
Rank:
Rifleman
Unit:
3 Independent Company
Unit 2:
2 Platoon
Regiment:
Rhodesian African Rifles
Date of Death:
1979-02-19
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, gunshot wounds in an ambush near Avila Mission, in the Ruwangwe area, north of Inyanga, Op Thrasher. Des Washington and Pondai Chinduma were killed in the contact and two badly wounded
Commemoration
Cemetery:
UNKNOWN CEMETERY
Country:
Zimbabwe
Additional Information
An Ellis Robins High School old boy. ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.