Identity
Person No.
40454
Service No.
781139
Last Name
First Name
Bruce Malcolm
Initials
B M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in a contact on the Devuli Ranch, Bikita area
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Former teacher at St Stephen's College, Balla Balla. An Umtali Boys High School old boy. ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Research notes
Fatal 27 Jun 1978 contact citation belongs here. Sequential smear onto PN 40455-40476 cleared.
Citations
Awarded 13 October 1978 - "He was involved in 35 contacts in which 170 CTs were killed. This included 29 parachute deployments. In a contact on 27 June 1978, under very heavy fire, he went to the rescue of his wounded machine gunner. He accounted for 2 CTs, but in the follow up he was fatally shot".
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