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Identity
Person No.
40075
Service No.
726466
Last Name
Nel 141
First Name
Ewart Francois
Initials
E F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1953 (±1 yr) 317
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
04 June 1979 124
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, at Chivinge in the Tete Province, Mocambique during Operation Chamber. This was an attack on the Frelimo / ZANLA base on the Luia River. They were met by fierce resistance from Frelimo troops, and during the attack, Lang, Lance Corporal Frans Nel and Corporal Peter "Doc" Rice were shot and killed
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Rhodesian Light Infantry 155
Unit
1st Battalion 459
Secondary Unit
1 Commando
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Western Cape 2,137
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,272
Grave Reference
Unknown
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Army - Infantry
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.

Research notes

Geldenhuys, Prop. Rhodesian War Casualties. 3rd printing. JustDone / Lulu, 2009 (Rhodesia: Roll of Honour).
6 Sep 2026: GraveRef was corrupted with the Mapai Puma 164 crash-site text ("Body not recovered - crash site coordinates are: S22 06' 48.2\" E31 39' 12.1\"") -- discovered while fixing that text's encoding on the genuine 17 Puma 164 casualties. This record's own DateDeath has nothing to do with that 6 Sep 1979 incident; the crash-site text does not belong here. Cleared rather than guessed -- the real GraveRef value is unknown. This record's own Cemetery/CemeteryLat/CemeteryLong were not affected and are unchanged.

Citations

***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation

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