- SURNAME
Smith
- FORENAME
Kenneth Richard
- UNIT
SAS
- RANK
Lance Corporal
- NUMBER
726335
- DATE OF DEATH
8th June 1974
- AGE
23
- GRAVESITE
Warren Hills Cemetery, Harare, City of Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from England
born 1951
WIA by landmine (lost leg) - died from fatty embolism in bloodstream
memorial at Colchester Cemetery, UK
Lance Corporal Kenneth Richard SMITH, C Squadron, SAS. KIA. Killed as a result of an AP mine explosion. Having lost a leg at the time of the explosion, whilst on an external operation near Chimoio, Mozambique, Kenneth died from a fatty embolism in the blood stream, in Salisbury Central Hospital, at the age of 23. Buried at Warren Hills, Salisbury. (Harare)
DATE OF DEATH:
08-Jun-1974WEB LINKS:
https://www.cofepow.org.uk/event/colchester-cemetery-rededication-memorialhttp://www.therhodesiansas.com/roll-of-honour/
https://www.rhodesianservices.org/nominal-casualty-rolls/force-roll-honour-result/?id=2227
http://www.southafricawargraves.org/search/details.php?id=40372
FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/165291639/kenneth-richard-smith
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