In Memory Of

BEECH, ROBERT TREVOR

Service Details
Age:
27
Date of Birth:
1955-07-05
Service No:
80023104PN
Rank:
Sergeant
Regiment:
44 Parachute Regiment
Date of Death:
1982-08-18
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, 40 miles inside Matabeleland during Operation Drama, a clandestine mission into Zimbabwe
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Body not recovered
Cemetery:
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mrs. P. Beech. According to news reports at the time, the bodies "were disposed of" by the Zimbabwean Government as the relatives did not claim them.