Identity
Person No.
40934
Service No.
645736
Last Name
First Name
Jele Christopher Aaron
Initials
J C A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received in action, Op Petal, Botswana, Op Tangent
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
Regimental Band, HQ Coy.
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
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
25 May 1979 bayonet citation names Jele — kept on Moyo, Jele C. A. Sequential smear onto PN 40935-40953 cleared.
Citations
Medal awarded 25 May 1979 - "His patrol encountered a group of six CTs, capturing four. Another was shot and killed. The remaining one tried to throw a grenade at the Scouts and Jele, with no regard for his own safety, tackled the CT and stabbed him to death with his bayonet"
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