Service Details
Name:
 MAKONDE
Given Name:
 ELSON
Initials:
 E
Service No:
 648811
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian African Rifles
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Unit:
 3 Independent Company
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Date of Death:
 1978-03-18
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, operating from the old police camp in Nyamaropa, Op Thrasher, a stick of four encountered a very large group of CTs. In the ensuing engagement, and in spite of Cpl Cerfe's desperate pleas for help over the radio, the stick was overrun and only the MAG gunner, having run out of ammunition, managed to escape, returning to base a couple of days later. Cpl Rob Cerfe and Privates Elson Makonde and Jacob Nkomo were all killed
Additional
Information:
ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Commemoration
Country:
 Zimbabwe
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Locality:
 Bulawayo
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Cemetery:
 BULAWAYO (LADY STANLEY AVENUE) CEMETERY
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