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Identity
Person No.
38801
Service No.
902731
Last Name
Tasker 2
First Name
Paul
Initials
P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1960 (±1 yr) 390
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Rank
National Service Patrol Officer
Regiment
British South Africa Police 641
Unit
Uniform 84
Secondary Unit
Police
Death Record
Date of Death
12 February 1979 139
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,519
Died in Aircraft Accident, in Air Rhodesia Vickers Viscount, Flight RH872, was shot down by a Strela missile east of Lake Kariba. All 59 passengers were killed
Grave Reference
FORT VICTORIA DISTRICT AREA CEMETERY 1
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Harare (Salisbury) 1,462
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
Notes

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.

Citation

***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #38801