Service Details
Name:
 POVEY
Given Name:
 ROGER JOHN
Initials:
 R J
Service No:
 PR69378
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 Rhodesia Regiment
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Unit:
 2nd Battalion
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Date of Death:
 1974-12-17
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Trojan #R4326, at Mushimbi Pools. Aircraft crashed on takeoff with pilot, casevac and medic all being killed. He was the casevac, having been injured in a landmine explosion.
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:
 Bulawayo
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Cemetery:
 BULAWAYO (ATHLONE) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated. Memorial stone in the Athlone Cemetery, Bulawayo

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