In Memory Of

CERFE, ROBERT HUGH

Service Details
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 106161
Rank:
 Corporal
Unit:
 3 Independent Company
Regiment:
 Rhodesian African Rifles
Date of Death:
 1978-03-18
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
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
Country:
 Zimbabwe
Additional Information
A Gifford High School old boy. ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.