10 NOVEMBER - REMINDERS FROM OUR RHODESIAN PAST.

[Eddy Norris]

Our Rhodesian Heritage

(Compiled and Administered by ORAFs)

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REMINDERS FROM OUR RHODESIAN PAST

(Many Milestones made Rhodesia)

10 November, 1942 - Sgt. Gruber, Rufus Isaacs. Lancaster Mid Upper Gunner. KIA. WW2.

10 November, 1942 - Sgt. Shepperson, Oswald Reynold. Lancaster Rear Gunner. KIA. WW2.

10 November, 1943 - Fg. Off. Franklin, Arthur Vaughan. Sunderland Pilot. KIA. WW2.

10 November, 1976 - Diesel Mechanic. Tatton, N. BSA Police. KIA at Kanyemba. RoH. 

10 November, 1976 - Constable. Dongo, Zacariah. BSA Police. KIA - contact in the Chikore TTL. RoH. 

10 November, 1979 - Constable. Vachi. Anthony. BSA Police. KIA. RoH.

10 November, 1980 until 11 November, 1980 - Near Bulawayo the country's second largest city where more than 3,000 guerrilla soldiers from both factions had been resettled, at least 43 people were killed and 300 injured in the most violent fighting between rival guerrilla factions since independence.

10 November, 2003 - Death of Canaan Banana. First President of Zimbabwe. (B. 1936.)

ORAFs strives for accuracy and fairness.

If you see something that doesn't look right, contact me.

The book "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966 - 1981" by Gerry van Tonder and Adrian Haggett (available from 30 Degrees South Publishers) is recommended as a reference for losses from the Rhodesian Bush War.

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Sent in memory of Eddy Norris

by Paul Norris & Denise Taylor

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