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Hendrik Prinsloo

Hendrik Prinsloo
Personal information
NameHendrik Frederik Prinsloo
AllegianceUnion of South Africa
Service/branchSouth African Army
RankColonel
UnitRegiment Botha
Commands heldZonderwater POW camp
Battles/warsSouth West Africa 1914
1916 France
1922 Bondelswart Rebellion
AwardsOBE, ED, Croix de Guerre avec Palmes, Mentioned in dispatches
RelationsStephanie Cecilia Weidner, d. 19 November 1941 (two children)
Grace Madeleine Sedgwick
Other workFarming
Provincial politics

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As a twelve year old boy Hendrik Frederik Prinsloo was interned by the British in a concentration camp during the Anglo-Boer War but served alongside the British in the South African forces during the two World Wars. He is best remembered for the humanitarian manner in which he, as Commandant, ran the Zonderwater Italian POW camp.


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