In Memory Of
TAVUGARA, MURIRA
Service Details
Age:
23
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
644722
Rank:
Temp Corporal
Unit:
2nd Battalion
Unit 2:
"C" Coy.
Regiment:
Rhodesian African Rifles
Date of Death:
1976-06-04
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, shrapnel wounds received in the Honde Valley. The stick was based at the DC camp near Pungwe and was resting at a store close by when terrorists initiated an attack with an RPG 2 rocket. The explosion fatally wounded Murira and blinded Sgt Hofisi.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Buried North of Bikita, in the Eastern part of Gutu.
Cemetery:
GUTU DISTRICT AREA CEMETERY
Localitly:
Gutu District
Country:
Zimbabwe
Additional Information
ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.