Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 KENNITH RICHARD
Initials:
 K R
Service No:
 6335
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 Special Air Service
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Unit:
 "C" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1974-06-08
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in a landmine explosion near Chimoio, Mozambique. Lost his leg and died of complications (fatty embolism in bloodstream) in Salisbury Central Hospital
Additional
Information:
From Australia. 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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