Service Details
Name:
 WILLIAMS
Given Name:
 BENJAMIN HUNTSMAN
Initials:
 B H
Service No:
 18288
Rank:
 Field Reservist
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Regiment:
 British South Africa Police
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Date of Death:
 1978-08-03
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Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in a vehicle ambush north of Lupane, Op Tangent. An RPG rocket struck his vehicle, injuring him in the arm and shoulder. He died from loss of blood.
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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Grave Reference:
 FAMILY FARM CEMETERY, HUNTSMAN FARM, TURK MINE

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