Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 NICHOLAS JOHN
Initials:
 N J
Service No:
 80590
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Rhodesian African Rifles
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Unit:
 1st Battalion
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Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
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Former Regiment:
 1 Platoon
Date of Death:
 1967-08-22
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, gunshot wound received in a contact in Tjolotjo, North Matabeleland, Op Nickel
Additional
Information:
Born in England. A Churchill High School old boy, Nick passed out at the Sandhurst Military Academy. ref. "Rhodesian African Rifles Roll of Honour" 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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