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Identity
Person No.
40076
Service No.
727434
Last Name
Nel 141
First Name
Frans Jacobus
Initials
F J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1957 (±1 yr) 432
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
23 November 1977 354
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action. Shot in the head while advancing in a sweep line against ZANLA at Chimoio during Operation Dingo
Military Service
Rank
Trooper
Regiment
Special Air Service 52
Later renamed Rhodesian Special Air Service (1961)
Unit
"C" Squadron 59
Secondary Unit
1 Commando
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
South Africa 23,874
Locality
Western Cape 2,137
Cemetery
KAROI MAIN CEMETERY 4
Grave Reference
Unknown
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Army - Special Forces
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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