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Identity
Person No.
40380
Service No.
R40387T
Last Name
Smythe 2
First Name
Patrick
Initials
P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1943 (±1 yr) 117
Age at Death
33
Death Record
Date of Death
13 September 1976 120
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, multiple gun shot wounds in a night attack on their camp just south of the BSAP post in Kanyemba, Sipolilo, Op Hurricane
Military Service
Rank
Private
Regiment
Rhodesia Defence Regiment 108
Unit
3 Reserve Holding Unit 10
Secondary Unit
"A" Coy.
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Zimbabwe 2,787
Locality
Harare (Salisbury) 1,462
Cemetery
HARARE (PIONEER) CEMETERY 143
Grave Reference
Unknown
Coordinates
-17.85092, 31.03899 OSM
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


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.

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

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