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Identity
Person No.
41196
Service No.
726606
Last Name
Pfeil 1
First Name
Herman Gustav
Initials
H G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1955 (±1 yr) 393
Age at Death
20
Military Service
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Rhodesian Light Infantry 145
Unit
1st Battalion 462
Secondary Unit
3 Commando
Death Record
Date of Death
20 August 1975 77
Cause of Death
Killed in action 9,874
Killed in action. Gunshot wound received in a contact while busy setting up an ambush near Pachanza Keep, Karuyana, Mr Darwin, Op Hurricane
Grave Reference
Buried on his fathers farm in the Macheke District. 1
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Gauteng 9,426
Cemetery
PRETORIA (HEATHERDALE) CEMETERY 41
Additional Information
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.

Citation

***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #41196