In Memory Of

ALI, MAFIYO GIBSON

Service Details
Age:
 34
Date of Birth:
 1942-09-21
Service No:
 18381
Rank:
 Detective Constable
Unit:
 Special Branch
Regiment:
 British South Africa Police
Date of Death:
 1976-12-23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in an ambush in the Belingwe Tribal Trust Lands during Operation Repulse, gun shot wound to stomach
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 MZOLA AREA, LUPANE DISTRICT
Country:
 Zimbabwe
Additional Information
Husband of Sophie Ali. Educated at Salvation Army, Usher Mission Secondary School, Bulilimangwe. Policeman - He Joined the BSA Police in March 1965. He first served in Bulawayo, including Hillside Suburban, before transferring to Gwelo where he joined CID and eventually was recruited into Special Branch. His last station was Gwelo. 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.