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Identity
Person No.
39385
Service No.
662754
Last Name
Gwenjeri 1
First Name
Tobias
Initials
T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1959 (±1 yr) 429
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Regiment
Rhodesian Corps of Engineers 78
Unit
1 Squadron 22
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
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
No headstone 55
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Bulawayo 647
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 #39385