Service Details
Name:
 THOMPSON
Given Name:
 BRUCE MALCOLM
Initials:
 B M
Service No:
 781139
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian African Rifles
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Unit:
 2nd Battalion
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1978-06-27
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Date of Birth:
 1951-02-02
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in a contact on the Devuli Ranch, Bikita area.
Decorations:
 Silver Cross of Rhodesia (P)
Citations:
 Awarded 13 October 1978 - "He was involved in 35 contacts in which 170 CTs were killed. This included 29 parachute deployments. In a contact on 27 June 1978, under very heavy fire, he went to the rescue of his wounded machine gunner. He accounted for 2 CTs, but in the follow up he was fatally shot".
Additional
Information:
Former teacher at St Stephen's College, Balla Balla. An Umtali Boys High School old boy. ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Commemoration
Country:
 Zimbabwe
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Locality:
 Manicaland Province
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Cemetery:
 MUTARE CEMETERY
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