Gordon Donald “Happy” Rezin
Private · #RH2990810* · S Patrol
| Rank | Private |
|---|---|
| Service number | #RH2990810* |
| Patrol | S Patrol |
| Regiment | Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |
| Known as | “Happy” |
| Died | 1943-02-20 |
| POW / KIA | Killed in action — 20 Feb 1943 |
What this roll records
CWGC: Private Gordon Donald Rezin, service no. 2990810, 1st Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Long Range Desert Group. Died 20 February 1943, aged 26. Buried at Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, grave 17.A.16, Tunisia. (CWGC records his regiment as the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and his number as 2990810; the roll had noted an 'RH' prefix and inferred Rhodesian service.) Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Patrol S (S1/S2) INFERRED from Rhodesian/South African service number (SR/RH prefix) - the LRDG Rhodesian & S.African squadron formed S Patrol. Specific S1/S2 not individually confirmed.
Patrol S CONFIRMED (previously inferred): "Pte G.D. Rezin, S Patrol ... his Ford F30 truck S4"; later killed in action (friendly-fire). Patrol from Brendan O'Carroll, "The Long Range Desert Group in North Africa".
ROLL OF HONOUR: died on active service with the LRDG (Rhodesia) per W.B. Kennedy Shaw, "Long Range Desert Group" appendices. Appendix 2.
March 1942 roll (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy): Driver
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- AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
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