Service Details
Name:
 DA SILVA-CHALHEIROS
Given Name:
 NICOLAU ANTONIO
Initials:
 N A
Service No:
 PR91132
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 Rhodesia Regiment
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Unit:
 1st Battalion
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1976-05-17
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Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, gunshot wounds, in a vehicle ambush on the Ft Victoria / Beit Bridge road, Nuanetsi District. da Silva was driving the lead vehicle in a 5-vehicle convoy when they came under heavy rocket, machine gun and rifle fire. His vehicle took most of the hits, killing B.J. Edwards and wounding da Silva. da Silva refused help from his platoon commander stationed next to him, and continued to drive out of the ambush zone.
Decorations:
 Military Forces Commendation (Ops)
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:
 Harare (Salisbury)
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Cemetery:
 HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CEMETERY
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