Hyman Abraham Behr

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Hyman (Haman) Abraham Behr

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Birthplace: Seduva (Shadowe), Lithuania
Death: July 17, 1965 (86-87)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Immediate Family:

Son of Michel Isaac Behr and Dobra (Deborah) Behr
Husband of Tauba Rivka Rebecca Behr
Father of Aaron (Orkey) Behr; Bessie (Breina)Sheina Dushansky and Ethel Chana Behr
Brother of Moses Leon Behr; Tevya William Willie (Wolf) Behr; Adolf Behr; Pera Minnie Amoils (Behr) and Annie Rebecca Getz
Half brother of Nocham Chone (Chona/Gonne) Behr

Occupation: Shopkeeper in Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa
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About Hyman Abraham Behr

Served in the Pretoria Commando under General Erasmus & Kommandant Piet Uys in the Boer War. Appointed Veld Kornet in charge of P.O.W. camp at Waterval. Rejoined Commando and with most of Commando, captured, also wounded, at Elands River, sent to Simonstown as POW. When under sustained fire from the British was reputed to have uttered the now famous words "Kerels dis nou tyd om 'n klip te soek"

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Hyman Abraham Behr's Timeline

1878
1878
Seduva (Shadowe), Lithuania
1908
November 3, 1908
Bronkhorstspruit (formerly Erasmus), South Africa
1914
November 8, 1914
South Africa
November 8, 1914
Bronkhorstpruit, South Africa
1965
July 17, 1965
Age 87
Johannesburg, South Africa
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Bronkhorstspruit, South Africa