In Memory Of

GWATIRINGA, ADAM HUGO

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 R44489
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 1st Battalion
Unit 2:
 "C" Coy.
Regiment:
 Rhodesian African Rifles
Date of Death:
 1972-04-05
Cause of Death:
 Drowned, in Kariba, while on border control in the Deka area, Northern Matabeleland. They were picked up in a small boat with an outboard engine. When the boat slowed down, the following wave swamped the boat. 3 members died in this incident.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
Country:
 Zimbabwe
Additional Information
ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.