In Memory Of

NEL, FRANS JACOBUS

Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
1957-07-07
Service No:
727434
Rank:
Trooper
Unit:
"C" Sqdn.
Regiment:
Special Air Service
Date of Death:
1977-11-23
Cause of Death:
Killed in action. Shot in the head while advancing in a sweep line against ZANLA at Chimoio during Operation Dingo.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
KAROI MAIN CEMETERY
Country:
Zimbabwe
Additional Information
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.