15 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)

15 November, 1943 - SGN. Whitehead, C.H. LRDG. KIA in Leros Greece. WW2. Whitehead was from Umtali. RoH.

15 November, 1966 - L/Cpl. Korb, J.G. RLI. KOAS - vehicle accident. RoH.  

15 November, 1971 - Ross-Kent, Hugh. BSA Police Duty Uniform. DOAS. RoH. 

15 November, 1976 - Constable. Chikasha. Clarius. BSA Police. KIA in Mount Darwin during Operation Hurricane. RoH.

15 November, 1976 - Trooper. Da Costa, Fransisco Daurte. 3 Commando RLI. KIA at the battle of Hill 31 in the Mutasa TTL during Operation Thrasher. RoH. 

15 November, 1978 - Mr. Margarson, T. Gwelo Farm Murder. 

15 November, 1979 - Auxiliary Section Leader. Robert, Titus. BSA Police. KIA in the Nuanetsi Area during Operation Repulse.  RoH. 

15 November, 1979 - Constable. Madzviko, Charles C. BSA Police. KIA. RoH. 

15 November, 1979 - Rifleman. O'Brien, John. 6RR. KIA in the Nuanetsi Airea during Operation Repulse. RoH. 

15 November, 1971 - Arrival of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, British Foreign Secretary, in Salisbury to discuss settlement proposals.

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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