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Identity
Person No.
40467
Service No.
PR84485
Last Name
Tobias 7
First Name
Promise
Initials
G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1929 (±1 yr) 83
Age at Death
50
Military Service
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Regiment
Rhodesia Army 56
Unit
African Development Fund 67
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
01 January 1979 329
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action
Grave Reference
Buried at Bikita 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 JRT Wood)

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 #40467