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Identity
Person No.
39029
Service No.
PR66139
Last Name
Carshalton 1
First Name
David Aston
Initials
D A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1950 (±1 yr) 231
Age at Death
26
Military Service
Rank
Trooper
Regiment
Grey Scouts 13
Unit
B Trp 1
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
27 August 1976 91
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, in a contact in the Chiredzi area, Op Repulse, gun shot wound to head. While tracking about 70 terrorists, they were ambushed and he was killed in the initial firefight
Grave Reference
Block 39, Section A, Tier K, Grave 17 1
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Harare (Salisbury) 1,462
Cemetery
CHIPINGE CEMETERY 4
Additional Information
Notes

Ref 'Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr JRT 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 #39029