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The gunfire was so intense that a request was made for additional troops to
augment the numbers of Bravo which Lt. Col. Ogilvie approved. About midday,
he received information that Pte. Brown had been shot and injured when leaving
the MSOC building en route to Denham Town.
(e)
Two Soldiers of the Combat Support Battalion
Maj. Mahatma Williams gave evidence of the CSB receiving heavy gunfire
on Industrial Terrace. The shots were fired from buildings in Tivoli Gardens and
the Universal Freight Handlers’ building. When the Battalion entered Tivoli
Gardens, they were fired upon at Levy and Derek Pathways. Two soldiers were
injured: one received a grazed injury and the other was shot while attempting to
dislodge a motorcycle.
(f)
Three soldiers of Capt. Anderson’s Company (Bravo 1JR) were injured.
He said that one soldier was shot in a hand; another was shot in his groin. The
third soldier’s leg was broken in three places while the troops were seeking to
enter Lizard Town through Rasta City.
(g)
Pte. Maurice Green (Fatality)
Maj. Henry testified that he received information that MSOC was under
heavy and sustained gunfire in the vicinity of Coronation Market. As they exited
the MSOC building, Pte. Green was fatally wounded by a gunshot wound to his
head. Maj. Henry heard of the fatality about 12.30 p.m. on 24 May. It seems
that Pte. Green was shot about 11.45 a.m.
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h)
Unidentified Soldier
In the course of his evidence Maj. Warrington Dixon testified that a soldier
received gunshot injury to his hand, while on the Seprod building.