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Identity
Person No.
40077
Service No.
724447
Last Name
Nel 98
First Name
Jan Andries
Initials
J A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1946 (±1 yr) 180
Age at Death
30
Military Service
Rank
Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment
Selous Scouts 51
Unit
4 Troop 1
Secondary Unit
1 Commando
Death Record
Date of Death
26 June 1976 84
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action, in a contact, gunshot wound while trying to clear a double storey house at Mapai, during Operation Long John
Grave Reference
Body not recovered - crash site coordinates are: S22 06' 48.2" E31 39' 12.1" 3
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Harare (Salisbury) 1,462
Cemetery
HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CREMATORIUM 128
Additional Information
Notes

ref. "Rhodesian Roll of Honour" by P. Geldenhuys (Roll compiled by Dr. J. R. T. Wood). Amendments from "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.

Citation

Medal awarded 17 December 1976

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #40077