Commonwealth Monitoring Force in Rhodesia

Commonwealth Monitoring Force
Commonwealth Monitoring Force Formation Badge, representing a Pangolin worn on a white brassard.
ActiveDecember 8, 1979 (1979-12-08) – March 16, 1980 (1980-03-16)
Countries
Allegiance Commonwealth of Nations
RolePeacekeeping
Size
  • 1500 Troops
  • 581 Police officers
HeadquartersSalisbury, Rhodesia
NicknameCMFR (CLAMOR)
EngagementsRhodesian Bush War
Commanders
Task Force CommanderMajor General Sir John Acland
Commander of Australian ContingentColonel Kevin Cole
Commander of New Zealand ContingentColonel David Moloney

The Commonwealth Monitoring Force in Rhodesia (CMFR) known as Operation Agila was a United Kingdom-led Commonwealth of Nations peacekeeping force deployed in Rhodesia between 1 January 1979 and 31 December 1980, aimed at ensuring the peaceful implementation of the Lancaster House Agreement, the 1980 general election and the transition to independence as Zimbabwe.