Service Details
Name:
 EDMONDS
Given Name:
 CHRISTOPHER JOHN
Initials:
 C J
Service No:
 727562
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian Light Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Battalion
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Unit 2:
 2 Commando
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Date of Death:
 1977-05-30
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, during Operation Aztec. Killed by ground fire while returning to base after an attack on ZANLA base "Rio", in Mocambique.
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:
 Gweru (Gwelo)
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Cemetery:
 GWERU CEMETERY
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