Nel, Pieter Jacobus Stephanus

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

Nel, Pieter Jacobus Stephanus (P J S)