Service Details
Name:
 BULL
Given Name:
 JEREMY
Initials:
 J
Rank:
 Rank Unknown
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian Air Force
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Unit:
 7 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1978-09-03
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died in the first Viscount crash, passenger on the plane shot down in the Urungwe district. Most of the survivors were murdered by ZIPRA terrorists, Jeremy and his newly-wed bride, Karen (nee Leach), were returning from a week's honeymoon in the Kariba resort. They were both killed on impact with the ground. A memorial service was held for them in the Gwelo Baptist Church, the same church where they were married only two weeks earlier
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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Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
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