Identity
Person No.
40385
Service No.
116926
Last Name
First Name
Simon Alexander
Initials
S A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Died in Friendly Fire Incident, accidental shooting during a mistaken contact between two friendly sticks. His headstone is inscribed Killed in Action
Military Service
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Rhodesia Regiment 487
Formerly
Royal Rhodesia Regiment
(1970)
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Don and Joan Spink. Born 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).
Citations
Unknown
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