Peter Walls
Lieutenant General George Peter Walls MBE GLM (1927 – 20 July 2010) served as the Commander of the Combined Operations Headquarters of the Military of Rhodesia, and later Zimbabwe, from 1977 until his retirement on 29 July 1980 during the Rhodesian Bush War. In his latter years, he lived in exile in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Read more about Peter Walls: Military Service, Insurgency, Zimbabwe, Awards, Exile, Death
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