Service Details
Name:
 BRADING
Given Name:
 ANTHONY JOHN
Initials:
 A J
Service No:
 4099
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian Light Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Battalion
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Unit 2:
 1 Commando
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Date of Death:
 1970-01-22
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Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, contact with ZAPU insurgents, Ntondongwe fly gate area, just north of the boundary of the Doma Safari area, Sipolilo district, in Op Birch. With a JOC established at Mangula, elements of 1 Commando followed spoor for three days, eventually making contact on the 21st. Early the following morning, contact was again made, and in an ensuing firefight, Tony was shot and killed. All three terrorist insurgents were killed
Additional
Information:
Born 1949 in Southern Rhodesia. Educated at Jameson High School. 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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