Roll of Honour: Person Info
Personal Details
| Service No: | 700707 |
| Rank: | Rifleman |
| Last Name: | BOSCHIN |
| First Name: | UGO |
| Initials: | U |
Death Details
| Date of Death: | 1978-03-28 |
| Age: | 33 |
| Cause: | Killed in action, about forty minutes flying time by chopper directly south of Shabani and not far to the west of Buchwa Mine (map ref TM 119599) in the Op Repulse area. Elements of C Coy 9RR, on protection duty at a nearby mine, were called in to assist with a 3 Cdo RLI fire force action. Contact was made with 8 ZIPRA CTs; 4 were killed and two captured, but not before 4 members of the SF were killed. Androliakos (who was posthumously awarded the BCR for bravery in this action), Hancock, Boschin and Mtandwa were all killed in this engagement |
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