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Identity
Person No.
40949
Service No.
644539
Last Name
Muchemwa 2
First Name
S Marufu
Initials
S M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1942 (±1 yr) 127
Age at Death
35
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Rhodesian African Rifles 322
Unit
2nd Battalion 151
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Death Record
Date of Death
20 January 1977 71
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,721
Died in Vehicle Accident, en route to Fort Victoria
Grave Reference
II. H. 11. 29
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Bulawayo 647
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
Notes

ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.

Citation

Medal awarded 25 May 1979 - "His patrol encountered a group of six CTs, capturing four. Another was shot and killed. The remaining one tried to throw a grenade at the Scouts and Jele, with no regard for his own safety, tackled the CT and stabbed him to death with his bayonet"

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #40949