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    The 1st Battalion, Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI), commonly The Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI), was a regiment formed in 1961 at Brady Barracks (Bulawayo...
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    light truck (nicknamed "Rodef 25"): some converted into technicals deployed by the Rhodesian Armoured Corps, Rhodesian SAS, Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI)...
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    The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI or RLI), was originally formed in 1961 as a regiment of the...
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    The Rhodesian Light Infantry C Squadron (Rhodesian) SAS (in 1978 became 1 (Rhodesian) Special Air Service Regiment) Selous Scouts The Rhodesian Armoured...
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    locally based regulars. The vast majority of the Rhodesian Army's foreigners joined the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI), a heliborne commando regiment with a...
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    the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) until Major Bruce Rooken-Smith reactivated the former Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment in 1972. During the Rhodesian Bush...
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    Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI or RLI), served in the Rhodesian Bush War as part of the Rhodesian Security...
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    "motorized/mechanized infantry". The Rhodesian Light Infantry was a regular regiment of the Rhodesian Army, unique in having the traditions of light infantry while serving...
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    princess. The flame lily was used on the regimental colours of the Rhodesian Light Infantry. It is also the state flower of Tamil Nadu state in India. It is...
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    The Rhodesian African Rifles (RAR) was a regiment of the Rhodesian Army. The ranks of the RAR were recruited from the black African population, although...
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    fireball. The Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) was at the forefront of the Rhodesian war. It was a regular army infantry regiment in the Rhodesian army, composed...
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  • Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI or RLI), served in the Rhodesian Bush War as part of the Rhodesian Security...
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    1980: Auld Lang Syne was the last song to be marched to by the Rhodesian Light Infantry in its final military parade before the regiment was disbanded...
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  • Fireforce (category Rhodesian Bush War)
    parachute infantry developed by the Rhodesian Security Forces during the Rhodesian Bush War. Regiments involved included the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI)...
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    trained they would form the nucleus of what was to become the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) and "C" Squadron SAS. In early 1961 six volunteers from the...
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  • decline in the effectiveness of the SAS as well as the Rhodesian Light Infantry and Rhodesian African Rifles. The decline in the effectiveness and discipline...
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  • White 2021, p. 174. Binda, Alexandre (2008). The Saints: The Rhodesian Light Infantry. Johannesburg: 30° South Publishers. pp. 527–529. ISBN 978-1-920143-07-7...
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    Cocks, Chris (June 2009) [1988]. Fireforce: One Man's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry (Fourth ed.). Johannesburg: 30° South Publishers. ISBN 978-0-9584890-9-6...
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    core of white soldiers (and some units, such as the Rhodesian SAS and the Rhodesian Light Infantry, were all-white), by 1978–1979 the rest was majority...
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  • Charlie Aust (category Rhodesian Light Infantry personnel)
    was a Rhodesian military commander. He was born in Enkeldoorn, Southern Rhodesia and was the last commanding officer of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI)...
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    The Troopie (category Rhodesian Light Infantry)
    originally erected in Salisbury, Rhodesia and is dedicated to the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) as their regimental statue. The statue was cast from 700...
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    ISBN 978-0811707251. Chris Cocks (3 April 2002). Fireforce: One Man's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry (July 1, 2001 ed.). Covos Day. pp. 139–141. ISBN 978-1-919874-32-6...
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  • Mathew Charles Lamb (category Rhodesian Light Infantry personnel)
    Zimbabwe) for the rest of his life. He started his service in the Rhodesian Light Infantry, and won a place in the crack Special Air Service unit in 1975...
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  • Operation Dingo (category Battles and operations of the Rhodesian Bush War)
    by the Rhodesian Air Force's aging Canberra and Hunter strike aircraft, the camps were attacked. 96 Rhodesian SAS, 48 Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) paratroopers...
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  • Peter Walls (category Rhodesian Light Infantry personnel)
    appointed to be the Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion of the Rhodesian Light Infantry. With the advent of global decolonisation, Southern Rhodesia came...
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  • 7 Independent Company (Rhodesia) (category Foreign volunteers in the Rhodesian Security Forces)
    conditions of service as locals. Most foreign recruits enlisted in the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI), which launched an overseas recruitment programme in 1974...
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    Capital City Day. At the 10th anniversary of the formation of the Rhodesian Light Infantry on 30 January 1971, a special commemorative military tattoo at...
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    Regiment". Rhodesian Army Association. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012. "Vale: Peter Walls". Rhodesian Light Infantry Regimental...
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  • Zimbabwe. In the Rhodesian Light Infantry a Commando was also the name given to its company sized units. Rhodesian Light Infantry Rhodesian Special Air Service...
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    Airborne Brigade made the only combat jump in Vietnam. The men of the Rhodesian Light Infantry made more parachute jumps than any other military unit in history...
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