The 1st Battalion, Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI), commonly The Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI), was a regiment formed in 1961 at Brady Barracks (Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia) as a light infantry unit within the army of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Barely...
The Selous Scouts /səˈluː/ was a special forces unit of the Rhodesian Army that operated during the Rhodesian Bush War from 1973 until the reconstitution of the country as Zimbabwe in 1980. It was mainly responsible for infiltrating the black majority population of...
Sergeant Edward Aubrey Bower (Service Number: 726506) was a member of the Rhodesian Selous Scouts special forces unit and was awarded the Meritorious Conduct Medal (MCM) for his service. Bower enlisted in the Rhodesia Army Service Corps in 1960, initially serving as a...
17.11.1975 awarded SCR (Corporal) (3 Troop) 17.12.1976 awarded BCR (Sergeant) (3 Troop)
born 27.10.1954, son of Mr & Mrs. C.J. Van Der Merwe of Noordhoek, Bloemfontein
15.07.1971 awarded CAC
11.11.1978 awarded DMM
15.07.1971 awarded CAC
born 28.08.1943, Cape Town, South Africa. father Denis Hamilton Woods (1911-1977). mother Daphne Mary (nee Geddie) (1919-1996)
Captain Darrell Watt was a highly decorated and legendary soldier in the Rhodesian Bush War (1964–1979). He is the central figure in the biography A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia, written by Hannes Wessels. Military Service: He served with...
McAleese served in the British Army's Parachute Regiment and Special Air Service (SAS), the Rhodesian Special Air Service and British South Africa Police, and South Africa's 44 Parachute Brigade. As a mercenary or contractor, he worked in countries including South...
Ken Gaudet knows a thing or two about living a life of adventure. He served in the 173rd in Vietnam before traveling to Rhodesia where he participated in cross border combat jumps with the Rhodesian Light Infantry. Then he served with an assortment of foreigners in...
