Service Details
Name:
 SPINK
Given Name:
 SIMON ALEXANDER
Initials:
 S A
Service No:
 116926
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 Rhodesia Regiment
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Unit:
 6 Independent Company
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Date of Death:
 1977-11-26
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Date of Birth:
 1958-12-10
Age:
 18
Cause of Death:
 Died in Friendly Fire Incident, accidental shooting during a mistaken contact between two friendly sticks. His headstone is inscribed Killed in Action
Additional
Information:
Son of Don and Joan Spink. Born 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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Locality:
 Harare (Salisbury)
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Cemetery:
 HARARE (WARREN HILLS) CEMETERY
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