Service Details
Name:
 BIEDERMAN
Given Name:
 RICHARD LOUIS
Initials:
 R L
Service No:
 726658
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Special Air Service
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Unit:
 "C" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1977-12-05
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Date of Birth:
 1951-06-19
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died in Shooting Incident, in an accidental shooting in Mocambique. SAS operators were on covert operations aimed at disrupting ZANLA and FRELIMO logistical lines when the accident, involving another SAS patrol, occurred. He was an American national.
Additional
Information:
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.
Commemoration
Country:
 Zimbabwe
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Locality:
 Harare (Salisbury)
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Cemetery:
 HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CEMETERY
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