Three Sips of Gin: Dominating the Battlespace with Rhodesia’s Elite Selous Scouts PDF
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Timothy Bax was born in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika in 1949. He attended boarding school in Lushoto from the age of six and in 1963 moved to England to continue his schooling. A year later he moved with his mother and two sisters to Toronto, Canada, where he completed his education. At the age of nineteen he returned to Africa, living first in South Africa then in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). He joined the Rhodesian Army in 1969 and was commissioned two years later as a Lieutenant in the Rhodesian Light Infantry. A year later he was wounded while engaged in the first ever ‘Fire-Force’ deployment mounted by the Rhodesian Security Forces. In 1974, Tim was asked by the legendary commanding officer of the Selous Scouts, Lt. Col. Ron Reid-Daly, to join his unit. After successfully completing the selection course, Tim was given command of a pseudo-terrorist group tasked with seeking out and destroying real terrorists groups operating both inside and outside Rhodesia. In 1975 Tim commanded the first Rhodesian vehicle-borne raid ever mounted against guerrilla camps situated deep inside neighbouring countries. A year later he was seriously wounded while taking part in a similar raid. Tim was later appointed second-incommand of the Selous Scouts Reconnaissance Group. He was married to his wife Carol in 1977. In 1980 he and his wife left Rhodesia to settle in South Africa where with the rank of major, he was appointed second-in-command of South Africa’s 5 Reconnaissance Regiment. Tim resigned from the army in 1982 and later served on the board of a multinational company in South Africa. Their daughter, Jennifer, was born in June 1982. In 2002 Tim moved to the United States. He currently resides in Lake Placid, Florida. Co-published in 2013 by: Helion & Company Limited 26 Willow Road Solihull West Midlands B91 1UE England Tel. 0121 705 3393 Fax 0121 711 4075 Email: [email protected] Website: www.helion.co.uk Twitter: @helionbooks Visit our blog http://blog.helion.co.uk and GG Books UK Rugby Warwickshire Tel. 07921 709307 Website: www.30degreessouth.co.uk Designed and typeset by Farr out Publications, Wokingham, Berkshire Cover designed by Euan Carter, Leicester (www.euancarter.com) Printed by Henry Ling Ltd, Dorchester, Dorset Text © Timothy G. Bax 2013 Photographs © as individually credited ISBN 978-1-909384-29-3 EPUB ISBN: 978-1-909982-44-4 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted, in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the express written consent of Helion & Company Limited and GG Books. Front cover: Selous Scouts pig blown up in a landmine. (Dennis Croukamp). Rear cover: Tim Callow, Selous Scouts Reconnaissance expert. (Tim Callow). For details of other military history titles published by Helion & Company Limited contact the above address, or visit our website: http://www.helion.co.uk. We always welcome receiving book proposals from prospective authors. To my parents, for encouraging me down the road to my destiny And to my family and friends, for sharing my journey. Contents List of photographs Acknowledgements Glossary Map Prologue: A Most Worrisome Exposé 1 A Case for the Prosecution East Africa 2 The Road Magamba Lushoto School 3 Dar-es-Salaam Mr. Deppetawalah’s Villa England 4 Canada Europe Lumberjack 5 London The Atlantic South Africa 6 Recruit 7 Trooper Border Control 8 An Officer I Wanted to Become 9 An Officer I Became 10 Subaltern Officer Mukumbura A Girl in my Soup A Walk in the Dark A Lady in the Attic 11 Mozambique A Port Too Many Brush with Fire Early Bird Catches the Worm The Doctor and the Cane Rat 12 An Unconventional Wisdom Selection The Regiment Moses Mechanized Raids 13 Passage of Fire 14 Matriarchic Matron The Mess A Rocky Engagement 15 Interlude Honeymoon An Angry Brigadier 16 Melting Pot Third Sip of Gin 17 Conduct Unbecoming Betrayal 18 Division of Cultures Wild Coast 19 White Mischief 20 Farming Frolics 21 Caravan of Camels A Laborious Union 22 Monkey Business Mikhail Kalashnikov Where Danger Lurks Post Scripta
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