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 | Lt Col Ron Reid Daly
Lt Col Ron Reid Daly first became a soldier in 1951 when
he volunteered to fight with ‘C’ (Rhodesia) Squadron of the British SAS, newly reformed to
combat communist insurgency in Malaya.
Afterwards, he worked his way up through the ranks in the Rhodesian Army from trooper to become the RSM of the Rhodesian
Light Infantry, when he was commissioned as a captain.
He resigned his commission in 1973 to retire on pension, but was persuaded to stay on and form the Selous Scouts,
a Special Forces unit desperately needed to fight against communist-backed insurgents.
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Brigadier John 'Digger' Essex-Clark
Brigadier John 'Digger' Essex-Clark, DSM, JP, (Retd); OC A Company 1RLI, 1960-1962; Staff Corps 1951-54;1RhAR 1954-59; Australian Army 1964-1985: Vietnam 1RAR 1965-66. Now Canberra, Australia.
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