Identity
Person No.
32451
Old ROH no.
1119
Service No.
74592940BG
Last Name
First Name
Nikolaos
Initials
N
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,688
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, received when his patrol, while moving along the Cut-line, was ambushed by a numerically superior force of PLAN insurgents between Beacon 11 and Beacon 12. He was hit in the head by mortar bomb shrapnel and although every effort was made to resuscitate him, he succumbed to his wounds without ever regaining consciousness. Nikolaas was part of the Infantry School COIN training phase and was with a platoon of Junior Leader candidates that were deployed to the Operational Area
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
1979 Army. Right column. 20th name from the top (Pavlakis N.)
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pavlakis, of Johannesburg.
Research notes
SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Hitchens–Human, Wolmarans) to 1979 SAA (Akaando–Djolomien, Maarman–Saal)". 1979 Army. Right column. 20th name from the top (Pavlakis N.).
Citations
Unknown
External References
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SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
SADF.info Border RoH
- South African War Graves Project
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