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Identity
Person No.
31368
Service No.
71259428BC
Last Name
First Name
Niel
Initials
N
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Rank
Trooper
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in Battle of Ebo. He was the driver of the armoured car commanded by Lt J du Toit. They were ordered forward toward the bridge over the Massaba river. As the car approached the bridge it was hit with a hollow charge round from a 76mm cannon and he was instantly killed. the car ended up on its side in the river
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Mrs. A. Lombard. On Tuesday July 11 2006 Mr. Henk van Zyl was physically taken to the two gravesites, was able, through an interpreter and in the presence of about five Angolan government officials, able to speak to two headmen. He was taken to the grave of Trooper Niel Lombard of B Squadron 1SSB who was killed at the bridge over the Massaba River. His grave is virtually on the cross roads of two pathways. After 31 years, one cannot see that there is a grave there but the headman of that area after pacing off from one reference point to another, made a cross on the ground with his toe and said here is where I buried the man after pulling him out of the "tank."

Citation
Unknown
External Source

https://www.izkor.gov.il (Israeli Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terrorism database — search by name)

South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #31368