Buku, Kufa

Identity

Person No.

39002

Service No.

648330

Last Name

Buku 1

First Name

Kufa

Initials

K

Date of Birth

Unknown

Est. Birth Year

1944 (±1 yr) 149

Age at Death

35

Military Service

Rank

Corporal

Regiment

Grey Scouts 13

Unit

"A" Sqdn. 17

Secondary Unit

2 Troop

Death Record

Date of Death

18 September 1979 123

Cause of Death

Killed in action 9,874

Killed in action, from a gunshot wound received in a contact with ZIPRA near Chimabondo Vlei, Vic Falls, Op Tangent

Grave Reference

Body not recovered - crash site coordinates are: S22 06' 48.2" E31 39' 12.1" 28

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 #39002

Buku, Kufa (K)