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Identity
Person No.
40478
Service No.
725838
Last Name
Travers 2
First Name
Ronald John
Initials
R J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1945 (±1 yr) 160
Age at Death
32
Death Record
Date of Death
18 December 1977 119
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, in the Mangwende Tribal Trust Lands, Lomagundi District, Op Hurricane. They were busy clearing caves in the area when he received fatal gunshot wounds from a RPD
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Rhodesian Light Infantry 155
Unit
1st Battalion 459
Secondary Unit
2 Commando
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Bulawayo 647
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,272
Grave Reference
Buried in Mrewa 8
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Army - Infantry
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.

Research notes

Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian War Casualties. 3rd printing. JustDone / Lulu, 2009 (Rhodesia: Roll of Honour).
Citation text is A.K. Tourle’s BCR citation copied onto the next SAWGP row (sequential smear). Travers is not on the 1 RLI BCR honours list (SN 725838); no PersonAward. Tourle is PN 40477.

Citations

His BCR citation states that it was for gallantry and leadership in action. Despite a faulty radio in a contact, he still managed to direct his troops, accounting for 6 CTs himself. He showed complete disregard for his own safety under conditions of extreme danger

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