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Identity
Person No.
39268
Service No.
661319
Last Name
Dube 24
First Name
Methuseli
Initials
M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1955 (±1 yr) 393
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Rank
Sapper
Regiment
Rhodesian Corps of Engineers 78
Unit
1 Squadron 22
Secondary Unit
INTAF
Death Record
Date of Death
05 January 1979 75
Cause of Death
Died in accidental explosion 21
Died in accidental explosion, at the Victoria Falls (Op Tangent) rifle range. While loading crates of anti-personnel mines onto a truck, there was an explosion, killing 7 men of the detail
Grave Reference
Non CWGC grave in CWGC care - date of death is buried date 42
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Unknown
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

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 #39268