In Memory Of

MENNIGKE, CECIL IAN

Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1955-11-11
Service No:
71348213PE
Rank:
Rifleman
Unit 2:
attd. "D" Sqdn. Rhodesian Special Air Service
Regiment:
1 Reconnaissance Regiment
Date of Death:
1978-01-04
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, during counter-insurgency operations in Mocambique as part of Operation Melon (SADF Name (Operation Acrobat). They were attached to "D" Squadron Rhodesian Special Air Service when their patrol walked into 30-man strong Frelimo ambush in the Gaza Province of Mozambique
Commemoration
Cemetery:
MONDEOR CEMETERY
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. A. T. Mennigke, c/o Rand Water Board, Swartkoppies Pump Station, Mondeor, Johannesburg. ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood)