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Identity
Person No.
40372
Service No.
6335
Last Name
Smith 324
First Name
Kennith Richard
Initials
K R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1951 (±1 yr) 254
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
08 June 1974 105
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,436
Died of wounds, received in a landmine explosion near Chimoio, Mozambique. Lost his leg and died of complications (fatty embolism in bloodstream) in Salisbury Central Hospital
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Special Air Service 52
Later renamed Rhodesian Special Air Service (1961)
Unit
"C" Squadron 59
Secondary Unit
1st Troop
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Harare (Salisbury) 1,462
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,272
Grave Reference
Unknown
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Army - Special Forces
Notes

From Australia. 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

***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file

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