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Identity
Person No.
40464
Service No.
PR84485
Last Name
Titlestad 2
First Name
Twig
Initials
T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1956 (±1 yr) 375
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Rank
Keep Commander
Regiment
Guard Force 205
Unit
2 Independent Company 31
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
13 April 1979 162
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, in a vehicle ambush on Londown Farm in the Lower Gwelo area, Op Grapple
Grave Reference
Buried in Ft Victoria. 3
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Gweru (Gwelo) 109
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
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.

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

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