In Memory Of

PAVLAKIS, NIKOLAOS

Service Details
Age:
 20
Date of Birth:
 1958-11-30
Service No:
 74592940BG
Rank:
 Rifleman
Unit:
 School of Infantry
Regiment:
 South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
 1979-03-28
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, at 1 Military Hospital, received when his patrol, while moving along the Cut-line, was ambushed by a numerically superior force of PLAN insurgents between Beacon 11 and Beacon 12 on the 24 March 1979. He was hit in the head by mortar bomb shrapnel and although every effort was made to resuscitate him, he succumbed to his wounds without ever regaining consciousness. Nikolaas was part of the Infantry School COIN training phase and was with a platoon of Junior Leader candidates that were deployed to the Operational Area
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Greek Memorial Sec. Grave 1148
Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pavlakis, of Emmerentia, Johannesburg.