Service Details
Name:
 SNELGAR
Given Name:
 BRUCE MILES
Initials:
 B M
Service No:
 780673
Trade:
 Commanding
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian Light Infantry
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Adjutant:
 Officer Commanding
Unit:
 1st Battalion
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Unit 2:
 3 Commando
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Date of Death:
 1979-09-26
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Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Alouette III # R5705, struck power lines near Lake Alexander during Operation Thrasher. They were flying as decoys during an assault on Chimoio base in Mocambique.
Decorations:
 Silver Cross of Rhodesia (P), M F C (Ops)
Citations:
 SCR posthumously awarded 12 December 1979
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:
 Zimbabwe
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Locality:
 Harare (Salisbury)
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Cemetery:
 HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CREMATORIUM
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Grave Reference:
 Cremated

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