Service Details
Name:
 NEL
Given Name:
 EWART FRANCOIS
Initials:
 E F
Service No:
 726466
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian Light Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Battalion
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Unit 2:
 1 Commando
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Date of Death:
 1979-06-04
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Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Chivinge in the Tete Province, Mocambique during Operation Chamber. This was an attack on the Frelimo / ZANLA base on the Luia River. They were met by fierce resistance from Frelimo troops, and during the attack, Lang, Lance Corporal Frans Nel and Corporal Peter "Doc" Rice were shot and killed.
Additional
Information:
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.
Commemoration
Country:
 Zimbabwe
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Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
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