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Identity
Person No.
40133
Service No.
650186
Last Name
Nyathi 7
First Name
Lunis
Initials
L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1937 (±1 yr) 68
Age at Death
42
Military Service
Rank
Sapper
Regiment
Rhodesian Corps of Engineers 78
Unit
School of Infantry 53
Secondary Unit
INTAF
Death Record
Date of Death
05 January 1979 75
Cause of Death
Died in accidental explosion 21
Died in accidental explosion, at the Victoria Falls (Op Tangent) Rifle Range. While loading crates of anti-personnel mines onto a truck, there was an explosion, killing 7 men of the detail
Grave Reference
Cremated 225
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Bulawayo 647
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
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

***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #40133

Source: https://www.rohsa.co.za/person.php?PersonNumber=40133&pdf=1

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