Service Details
Name:
 NDLOVU or MABALEKA
Given Name:
 OBERT
Initials:
 O
Service No:
 644764
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Selous Scouts
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Unit:
 2 Troop
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Former Regiment:
 former Rhodesian African Rifles
Date of Death:
 1978-10-02
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Date of Birth:
 1952-06-04
Age:
 26
Cause of Death:
 Died in Friendly Fire Incident, near Hartley (Op. Grapple area),killed mistakenly by PATU patrol of Rhodesian Security Services
Decorations:
 Bronze Cross of Rhodesia
Citations:
 Medal awarded 18 April 1978
Additional
Information:
ref. "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Commemoration
Country:
 Zimbabwe
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Locality:
 Harare (Salisbury)
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Cemetery:
 HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CEMETERY
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