Identity
Person No.
39182
Service No.
PR91132
Last Name
First Name
Nicolau Antonio
Initials
N A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, gunshot wounds, in a vehicle ambush on the Ft Victoria / Beit Bridge road, Nuanetsi District. da Silva was driving the lead vehicle in a 5-vehicle convoy when they came under heavy rocket, machine gun and rifle fire. His vehicle took most of the hits, killing B.J. Edwards and wounding da Silva. da Silva refused help from his platoon commander stationed next to him, and continued to drive out of the ambush zone
Military Service
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Rhodesia Regiment 487
Formerly
Royal Rhodesia Regiment
(1970)
Unit
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
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.
Citations
***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
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