Identity
Person No.
40211
Service No.
780573
Last Name
First Name
Neville Alaister
Initials
N A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Rank
Major
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
attd. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Defence Force
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,310
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, as a passenger on the second Viscount civilian airliner shot down by ZIPRA terrorists using a SAM 7
Grave Reference
Location
Notes
Major N.A. "Spike" Powell MBE WB WKhm(G) was 3 Commando's 2 IC during Operation Cauldron in 1968. Major Powell's last appointment was Officer Commanding RLI Base Group. 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.
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