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Identity
Person No.
39003
Service No.
648330
Last Name
Bull 3
First Name
Jeremy
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1956 (±1 yr) 375
Age at Death
22
Military Service
Rank
Unknown
Regiment
Rhodesian Air Force 78
Unit
7 Sqdn. 75
Secondary Unit
2 Troop
Death Record
Date of Death
03 September 1978 167
Cause of Death
Died in the first Viscount crash 3
Died in the first Viscount crash, passenger on the plane shot down in the Urungwe district. Most of the survivors were murdered by ZIPRA terrorists, Jeremy and his newly-wed bride, Karen (nee Leach), were returning from a week's honeymoon in the Kariba resort. They were both killed on impact with the ground. A memorial service was held for them in the Gwelo Baptist Church, the same church where they were married only two weeks earlier
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

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