Identity
Person No.
40381
Service No.
780673
Last Name
First Name
Bruce Miles
Initials
B M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
33
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, in Alouette III # R5705 which struck power lines near Lake Alexander during Operation Thrasher. They were flying as decoys during an assault on Chimoio base in Mocambique
Military Service
Rank
Major
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
3 Commando
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
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
First record of a sequential SAWGP citation smear; following PersonNumbers cleared. Award not independently name-matched.
Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian War Casualties. 3rd printing. JustDone / Lulu, 2009 — Alouette III R5705 crash near Umtali / Lake Alexander, 26 Sep 1979 (Flt Lt Patrick Michael Bate, Sgt Gary Ronald Carter, Maj Bruce Miles Snelgar).
Citations
SCR posthumously awarded 12 December 1979
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