Service Details
Name:
 VAN NIEKERK
Given Name:
 NICOLAAS JOHANNES
Initials:
 N J
Service No:
 726942
Rank:
 Corporal
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian Light Infantry
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Unit:
 1st Battalion
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Unit 2:
 1 Commando, 4 Troop
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Date of Death:
 1979-04-18
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Date of Birth:
 1958-03-28
Age:
 21
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Msana Tribal Trust Lands, Bindura district, during Operation Enterprise.
Decorations:
 Bronze Cross of Rhodesia
Citations:
 For gallantry in action on 29 June 1977 - "On a Fireforce deployment there had been repeated contacts with a ZANLA gang some 20 strong. Van Niekerk displayed courage, skill and enthusiasm of the highest order, as he personally engaged the enemy close-up, accounting for several CTs himself.
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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Locality:
 Manicaland Province
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Cemetery:
 MUTARE CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Buried in the same grave as his brother, Anthony Camacho, KOAS 12 Jan 1978

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