Identity
Person No.
38904
Service No.
729654
Last Name
First Name
Nicholas Edward Swannell
Initials
N E S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Killed in an accidental explosion while laying a landmine during Operation Inhibit in the the Mapai area, Gaza Province, Mocambique
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Special Air Service 52
Later renamed
Rhodesian Special Air Service
(1961)
Unit
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Amendments from Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981, by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.
Research notes
Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian War Casualties. 3rd printing. JustDone / Lulu, 2009 (Rhodesia: Roll of Honour).
Citations
***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
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