Cpl. Gordon Fry joined 12 Troop 3 Commando in mid 1978. In 1979 Gordon completed a Medical Assistant Class 3 (MA3) course at the Rhodesian Army Medical School in Llewellen Barracks. He was posted back to RLI as a Commando Paramedic and attached to 1 Commando. Cpl. Gordon Fry was tragically killed along with 16 other servicemen of whom 8 were RLI when their helicopter was shot down on Operation Uric at Mapai in Mozambique. The Rhodesian Army Medical School named a classroom in Cpl. Gordon Fry's honor with another 2 classrooms named in honor of RLI medics Cpl. John Coey and Cpl. Peter Rice respectively.
Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian War Casualties. 3rd printing. JustDone / Lulu, 2009 (Rhodesia: Roll of Honour).
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 6 Sep 2026 (Mapai Puma 164 shootdown, Operation Uric): confirmed, all details already matched exactly.
***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
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