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Identity
Person No.
38955
Service No.
PR70993
Last Name
Bint 1
First Name
Frederick Walter Henry
Initials
F W H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1943 (±1 yr) 112
Age at Death
33
Military Service
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Rhodesia Regiment 437
Unit
9th Battalion 30
Secondary Unit
3 Platoon
Death Record
Date of Death
12 May 1976 105
Cause of Death
Killed by a gunshot wound to the chest in a vehicle ambush in the Beitbridge area 1
Killed by a gunshot wound to the chest in a vehicle ambush in the Beitbridge area. His company was on its way home to Brady Barracks, travelling along the Tshiturapadzi to Chikwarakwara road when the ambush occurred, and as the troops debussed to defend their position, Rfn Frederick Bint, Rfn Pieter Blignaut and Cpl Theunis van Tonder were fatally wounded. Cpl Marthinus Kelly and Rfn Niall Campbell, both sustaining abdominal wounds in the ambush, died in hospital of their wounds on 15 May 1976 and 23 May 1976 respectively
Grave Reference
Sp. Mem. V. C. 12. Buried near this spot. 2
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Manicaland Province 57
Cemetery
BULAWAYO (WEST PARK) CREMATORIUM 24
Additional Information
Notes

ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr JRT Wood)

Citation

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

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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