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Identity
Person No.
39331
Service No.
PR72638
Last Name
Forbes 23
First Name
John Turenne Vivian
Initials
J T V
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1952 (±1 yr) 285
Age at Death
21
Military Service
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Rhodesia Regiment 437
Unit
Opa 2
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
23 April 1973 127
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, multiple gunshot wounds in a vehicle ambush at Mazarabani Tribal Trust Lands, Centenary, Op Hurricane
Grave Reference
Non CWGC grave in CWGC care - date of death is buried date 1
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Bulawayo 647
Cemetery
CHINHOYI CEMETERY 2
Additional Information
Notes

On Plumtree School Roll of Honour. 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

***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #39331