Identity
Person No.
40252
Service No.
V3945
Last Name
First Name
Desmond Charles
Initials
D C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
33
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in the Manica Province, Mocambique, during a ground and air attack on a ZANLA camp
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
3 Commando
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
Awards
Bronze Cross of Rhodesia (BCR)
Rhodesia · awarded 1979-09-04
Posthumously awarded the Bronze Cross of Rhodesia (BCR). 1 RLI honours list: V3945 Second Lieutenant D.C. Rosenfels, 3 Commando, gazetted 4 September 1979. Killed in action 8 February 1979. Source: https://therli.com/history/honours-and-awards
Notes
On Plumtree School Roll of Honour. 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
Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian War Casualties. 3rd printing. JustDone / Lulu, 2009 (Rhodesia: Roll of Honour).
Citations
Posthumously awarded the Bronze Cross of Rhodesia (BCR). 1 RLI honours list: V3945 Second Lieutenant D.C. Rosenfels, 3 Commando, gazetted 4 September 1979. Killed in action 8 February 1979. Source: https://therli.com/history/honours-and-awards
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