Gonye, Gift

Identity

Person No.

39352

Service No.

650230

Last Name

Gonye 1

First Name

Gift

Initials

G

Date of Birth

Unknown

Est. Birth Year

1951 (±1 yr) 248

Age at Death

28

Military Service

Rank

Lance Corporal

Regiment

Rhodesian Corps of Engineers 78

Unit

1 Squadron 22

Secondary Unit

1 Commando

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 13

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

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

External Source

Unknown

South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #39352

Gonye, Gift (G)