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Identity
Person No.
40078
Service No.
119582
Last Name
Nel 98
First Name
Pieter Jacobus Stephanus
Initials
P J S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1958 (±1 yr) 429
Age at Death
21
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Rhodesian African Rifles 322
Unit
6 Independent Company 7
Secondary Unit
1 Commando
Death Record
Date of Death
16 June 1979 101
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident 255
Died in Freak Accident, while trying to disarm an RPG rocket for a souvenir, in the barracks at Inyanga, Op Thrasher
Grave Reference
Body not recovered - crash site coordinates are: S22 06' 48.2" E31 39' 12.1" 1
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Manicaland Province 57
Cemetery
MUTARE CEMETERY 28
Coordinates
-18.97303, 32.64875
Additional Information
Notes

ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.

Citation

Medal awarded 17 December 1976

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #40078