In Memory Of
SNELGAR, BRUCE MILES
Service Details
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
780673
Rank:
Major
Adjutant:
Officer Commanding
Unit:
1st Battalion
Unit 2:
3 Commando
Regiment:
Rhodesian Light Infantry
Date of Death:
1979-09-26
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Cremated
Cemetery:
HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CREMATORIUM
Localitly:
Harare (Salisbury)
Country:
Zimbabwe
Additional Information
Decorations:
Silver Cross of Rhodesia (P), M F C (Ops)
Citations:
SCR posthumously awarded 12 December 1979
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.