Service Details
Name:
 WARRAKER
Given Name:
 ROBERT SYDNEY STANLEY
Initials:
 R S S
Service No:
 780749
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Special Air Service
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Unit:
 Selous Scouts
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Unit 2:
 3 Group
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Date of Death:
 1977-01-12
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Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while flying in a Canberra B2 in Mocambique. Hit by ground fire near Malvernia during Operation Manyatela
Decorations:
 Silver Cross of Rhodesia (S C R)
Citations:
 "He displayed leadership of a high order. He personally led an attack on the road-block protecting the Pungwe Bridge, and then proceeded to lay explosive charges whilst under fire from the enemy"
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:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Eastern Cape
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Cemetery:
 PORT ELIZABETH (SOUTH END) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Memorial Stone - actual grave in Mozambique - Body not recovered

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