Service Details
Name:
 WRIGHT
Given Name:
 JOHN
Initials:
 J
Service No:
 2400
Rank:
 Colour Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Special Air Service
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Unit:
 "C" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1966-10-12
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Age:
 39
Cause of Death:
 Died in accidental explosion, while loading unsafe gelignite into canoes on the Zambesi River, near Chirundu. The aim was to destroy a bridge on the Kafue River.
Decorations:
 Meritorious Conduct Medal (Posthumous)
Citations:
 Medal awarded 23 October 1970
Additional
Information:
Son of Jame and Minnie Wright. Husband of Doreen Joyce Wright. Born Newcastle upon Tyne, England. 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:
 Bulawayo
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Cemetery:
 BULAWAYO (ATHLONE) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 General Section 7, Grave 284

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