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Identity
Person No.
40557
Service No.
781165
Last Name
Webber 13
First Name
Godfrey James Glanville
Initials
G J G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1954 (±1 yr) 315
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Rhodesian African Rifles 322
Unit
1st Battalion 462
Secondary Unit
"C" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
07 September 1977 117
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, ambush in the Gwanda area, Op Tangent. Webber and four trackers followed the spoor of terrorists for four days after they had abducted a fellow RAR soldier. They had entered a village where they were ambushed
Grave Reference
RCB section, grave 1767 9
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Bulawayo 647
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
Notes

An Umtali Boys High School old boy. ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.

Citation

***Submitted for War Grave Status to CWGC, awaiting acceptance

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #40557