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Identity
Person No.
39259
Service No.
V5047
Last Name
Du Toit 82
First Name
Andrew Jameson
Initials
A J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1955 (±1 yr) 393
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Rhodesian African Rifles 322
Unit
3 Independent Company 27
Secondary Unit
1 Commando
Death Record
Date of Death
27 December 1979 78
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,379
Died of wounds, bullet wound in a contact in the Inyanga area, Op Thrasher. Various sticks had been deployed in the commercial wattle plantations in the area. Gus' stick had gone into a plantation workers' compound when they came under mortar and small arms fire from the nearby forest. As Gus was running across the edge of the forest in a clearing that carried electricity pylons, he was fatally wounded. He died during the helicopter casevac flight to hospital
Grave Reference
Non CWGC grave in CWGC care - date of death is buried date 42
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Harare (Salisbury) 1,462
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
Notes

Intake 163. A Prince Edward School old boy. ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.

Citation

Awarded for 15 November 1976 in the battle of "Hill 31" in the Honde Valley against a gang of 40 terrorists of which 32 were accounted for

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #39259