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killed during an attack on the DC camp at Mudzi - was returning fire from the side of his married quarters when an RPG rocket hit and exploded inside his home. Wife and children were safe inside the bunker in the front of his house. Several witnesses report that Farai invited fire to his house by loading only tracer rounds in his magazines. He was warned several times during the attack not to do so, and on inspection it was found that the remaining mags contained only tracer rounds, January 1980. Maposa, Frank, Trooper, One Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment (Rhodesia)

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Rhodesian 1 record in this database

Rhodesian Security Forces unit (Bush War). Not a South African unit.

Personnel

# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Date of Death
49263 Farai Corporal killed killed during an attack on the DC camp at Mudzi - was returning fire from the side of his married quarters when an RPG rocket hit and exploded inside his home. Wife and children were safe inside the bunker in the front of his house. Several witnesses report that Farai invited fire to his house by loading only tracer rounds in his magazines. He was warned several times during the attack not to do so, and on inspection it was found that the remaining mags contained only tracer rounds, January 1980. Maposa, Frank, Trooper, One Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment 1980-02-01