Identity
Person No.
39348
Service No.
729689
Last Name
First Name
Gordon Hugh
Initials
G H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Military Service
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
1 Commando
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, shot down in Mozambique (at Mapai). Believed to have been carrying explosives to be used in Operation Uric and hit by a RPG7 or AAA., in Aerospatiale SA3330 Puma C #164. Also killed was the SAAF aircrew and 14 Rhodesian soldiers
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Cpl. Gordon Fry joined 12 Troop 3 Commando in mid 1978. In 1979 Gordon completed a Medical Assistant Class 3 (MA3) course at the Rhodesian Army Medical School in Llewellen Barracks. He was posted back to RLI as a Commando Paramedic and attached to 1 Commando. Cpl. Gordon Fry was tragically killed along with 16 other servicemen of whom 8 were RLI when their helicopter was shot down on Operation Uric at Mapai in Mozambique. The Rhodesian Army Medical School named a classroom in Cpl. Gordon Fry's honor with another 2 classrooms named in honor of RLI medics Cpl. John Coey and Cpl. Peter Rice respectively.
Citation
***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project