Identity
Person No.
33799
Service No.
780749
Last Name
First Name
Robert Sydney Stanley
Initials
R S S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
32
Military Service
Rank
Captain
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
3 Group
Defence Force
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,310
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, while flying in a Canberra B2 in Mocambique. Hit by ground fire near Malvernia during Operation Manyatela
Location
Country
Locality
Coordinates
Notes
ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder
Research notes
Pungwe Bridge / Op Eland citation belongs here (Capt Rob Warraker, Selous Scouts). Sequential smear onto PN 33800-33826 cleared.
Citations
"He displayed leadership of a high order. He personally led an attack on the road-block protecting the Pungwe Bridge, and then proceeded to lay explosive charges whilst under fire from the enemy"
External References
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Other web source
Pungwe Bridge / Operation Eland (9 August 1976). Captain Rob Warraker led the Selous Scouts column. The Pungwe River bridge was assaulted and charges laid under fire on the return to Rhodesia. Warraker was later killed 12 January 1977 when a Canberra was hit near Malvernia (Operation Manyatela).
- South African War Graves Project
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