Killed in action during the Rhodesian Bush War (Operation Nickel) on August 22, 1967. He was the deputy to Lieutenant Nick Smith, and both were killed in a contact with the ANC's (African National Congress) and ZIPRA's (Zimbabwe African People's Revolutionary Army)...
Rhodesian Army
Dudley Coventry
J. “Geordie” Wright
Michael Patrick “Mick” Cahill
Michael Patrick Cahill (Service Number: 721381) was a member of the C Squadron, SAS (Special Air Service), in Rhodesia.
Robert Albert “Bob” Bouch
Ron Gregory
British soldier and mercenary that fought in the Congo as a Mercenary, was shot in the head and was treated by a witch doctor and obviously survived, then joined the Rhodesian Light Infantry in the Rhodesian Bush war. There after he joined the South African Army and...
Blue Kelly
Staff Sergeant "Blue" Kelly was an Australian ex-Vietnam War veteran who served as a legendary, tough-as-nails instructor and operations sergeant with the South African Defence Force's (SADF) elite 32 Battalion (South Africa). He was known for establishing temporary...
Robin Ashmead
Leonard William Henry Moorcroft
Phanuel Ndokanga
Luis Felipe Braganza Vieira
Stephen Bothman Bernard Ziegler
born Switzerland
Wilhelm Friedrich “Willem” Ratte
Wilhelm Friedrich Ratte (born 14 February 1948) is a former member of the elite Rhodesian Special Air Service of the Rhodesian Army, and former Lieutenant Colonel in the 32 Battalion of the South African Defence Force.
Operating with the RLI and the SAS
In a previous November issue of the ‘Winged Chatter’ the official journal of the SAS C Squadron association of South Africa the President Grahame W. – former 2IC of the unit and recipient of one of only two Grand Cross of Valour ever awarded – presented his good...
Wally M. Insch
