In Memory Of
WARRAKER, ROBERT SYDNEY STANLEY
Service Details
Age:
32
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
780749
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
Selous Scouts
Unit 2:
3 Group
Regiment:
Special Air Service
Date of Death:
1977-01-12
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, while flying in a Canberra B2 in Mocambique. Hit by ground fire near Malvernia during Operation Manyatela
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Memorial Stone - actual grave in Mozambique - Body not recovered
Cemetery:
PORT ELIZABETH (SOUTH END) CEMETERY
Localitly:
Eastern Cape
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
Silver Cross of Rhodesia (S C R)
Citations:
"He displayed leadership of a high order. He personally led an attack on the road-block protecting the Pungwe Bridge, and then proceeded to lay explosive charges whilst under fire from the enemy"
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
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