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Gordon H. Frys |
Cpl. Gordon H. Fry
Rhodesian Army Medical Corps
Attached to 1st Bn. Rhodesian Light Infantry
K.I.A. 6 September 1979
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. |
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