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Identity
Person No.
40458
Service No.
R3063
Last Name
Timitiya 1
First Name
Havahli
Initials
H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1925 (±1 yr) 289
Age at Death
42
Military Service
Rank
Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment
Rhodesian African Rifles 322
Unit
1st Battalion 462
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
22 August 1967 93
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,379
Died of wounds, gunshot wound, in a contact in Tjolotjo, North Matabeleland, Op Nickel. He was standing behind a tree firing a MAG when he was hit
Grave Reference
Buried in Ft Victoria. 1
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Harare (Salisbury) 1,462
Cemetery
FORT VICTORIA DISTRICT 8
Additional Information
Notes

Saw active service in Malaya. ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.

Citation

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".

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #40458