Identity
Person No.
40450
Service No.
780929
Last Name
First Name
Nigel John
Initials
N J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, accidental detonation of a mine during Operation Melon in the Mapai district, Gaza Province, Mocambique
Military Service
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Special Air Service 52
Later renamed
Rhodesian Special Air Service
(1961)
Unit
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
Awards
Bronze Cross of Rhodesia (BCR)
Rhodesia · awarded 1976-10-15
Awarded the Bronze Cross of Rhodesia (BCR). 1 RLI honours list: 780929 Lieutenant N.J. Theron, 2 Commando, gazetted 15 October 1976. Later C Squadron SAS; killed 20 January 1978. Source: https://therli.com/history/honours-and-awards
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).
Citations
***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation
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