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Identity
Person No.
40435
Service No.
644722
Last Name
Tavugara 1
First Name
Murira
Initials
M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1953 (±1 yr) 313
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Rank
Temp Corporal
Regiment
Rhodesian African Rifles 322
Unit
2nd Battalion 151
Secondary Unit
"C" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
04 June 1976 107
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,379
Died of wounds, shrapnel wounds received in the Honde Valley. The stick was based at the DC camp near Pungwe and was resting at a store close by when terrorists initiated an attack with an RPG 2 rocket. The explosion fatally wounded Murira and blinded Sgt Hofisi
Grave Reference
Buried North of Bikita, in the Eastern part of Gutu. 1
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Gutu District 93
Cemetery
GUTU DISTRICT AREA CEMETERY 16
Additional Information
Notes

ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.

Citation

***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #40435