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Mark Wayne Clark (May 1, 1896 – April 17, 1984) was an American general during World War II and the Korean War and was the youngest lieutenant general (three-star general) in the U.S. Army. He had a ...

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General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II and a General of the Army in ...

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Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, GCB (11 July 1890 – 3 June 1967) was a senior British air force commander. During World War I, he was a pilot and squadron comm...

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George Smith Patton is the third of that name, grandfather to father, father to son, but was always referred to as "Junior." That is the way the military did it, and that is the way it is. Both he and ...

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Jan Johannes Nel was killed during the Second World War after being fatally wounded in Tobruk, Libya, North Africa. He was buried there

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As a motorist travels through Tempe, Bloemfontein, they will notice a street sign - "Papa Brits Street". The uninitiated may wonder who this Papa Brits was and how he came by the nickname "Papa". To mo...

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Décès du général Bigeard ______________________________ _______________ Marcel Bigeard , né le 14 février 1916 à Toul et mort le 17 juin 2010 au soir (mais déclaré le 18) dans la même ville, est un ...

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Obituary Captain Gerard Norton, VC Decorated for breaking the German line in Italy, in later life he was evicted from his family's farm in Zimbabwe On August 31 1944, Gerard Norton, who has died ...

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e2 Sarel Coenraad Petrus * 1876 f3 Sarel Coenraad Petrus * 1912 Oorlede 22 Junie 1944 x Petronella Margrietha Wentzel g1 Anna Maria * 28 Januarie 1939 g2 Johanna Cornelia * 15 Januarie 1942 Sar...

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Major J. M. McSwiney, DSO, MC, soldier and schoolmaster, was born on September 19, 1920. He died on December 21, 2003, aged 83. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -----------...

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Captain Nepia Mahuika, who embarked with the 10th Reinforcements. He was wounded once.

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Clifford Arthur James Sparkman by his Cousin Jack Sparkman, 1997 Clifford was born on the 25th April 1916 at the University Hospital, Edmonton, Canada. After his father's death he came to live with...

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Warfield Tibbets Born February 23, 1915 Quincy, Illinois Died November 1, 2007 (aged 92) Columbus, Ohio Allegiance United States of America Serv...

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Heinz Wallach, a middle child with two sisters, was born in Soest, Westphalia, Germany, on 24 January 1916 to Ernst and Clara Wallach. His father was a grain merchant. As conditions in Germany worsen...

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Henry Kent Hewitt (February 11, 1887 – September 15, 1972) was born in Hackensack, New Jersey on February 11, 1887 and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1906. Hewitt served on USS Missouri in th...

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Politician. He served as Democratic Candidate for United States Representatives from California for the 6th District in 1894, and Democratic Candiadate for United States Senator from California in 19...

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Robert Daniel Murphy (October 28, 1894 – January 9, 1978) was an American diplomat. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Murphy had begun his diplomatic career in 1917 as a member of the American Legation i...

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Medal of Honor Recipient Retired Air Force General James Harold Doolittle December 14, 1896 Alameda, California. USA – September 27, 1993 Pebble Beach, California USA, (aged 96) AKO Jimmy. Buried at Ar...

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Joachim Petrus Marnewick and his brother, Abraham Andries Stephanus Marnewick, both fought in Egypt during the second World War. Joachim lost his life when he fell down a Pyramid during combat. He is b...

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Abraham Andries Stephanus died in the house of his daughter, Judy Marnewick, when his two sons were still young. He faught in the Second Wolrd War in Egypt together with his brother, Joachim Petrus. ...

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Lambertus Nicolaas Senekal died of wounds during the secondWorld War. The following discriptiop regarding this in hies Estate papers says: Lance Corporal, Lambertus Nicolaas Senekal, def. n 181328v . U...

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In late March 1941 the Second New Zealand Division was sent from Egypt to Greece. While the bulk of the 730-strong Maori Battalion entrained to Mt Olympus to defend northern Greece a 90-strong Māori re...

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Served in WW1 Tanganyika(Tanzania) campaign against German colonial forces.Joined up,aged 20 at Potchefstroom: Private AHJ Moncur no.13898,D Company,5th Regiment,SA Infantry,Nyassaland Contingent.His 3...

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At 17,lied about his age & enlisted in WW2 SA Army,most likely to get away from his overbearing mother who he hated all his life!En route to Cairo to join the war,was sent back-the show was over.One of...

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Served in WW2 Allied invasion of Italy.Shot and badly wounded in upper arm.The Canadian field hospital was overworked,so had no time to try to save the arm:amputation being the only recourse ;fortunate...

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Served in the South African Army's North African campaign,captured by the Italians,where he had a whale of a time,being of Madeiran(Portuguese)parentage, his temperament was so like that of the Italians...

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The Sparkman Family in South Africa What I have been able to recall and discover about my forebears, by Jack Sparkman East London South Africa 14 June 1979 It was on 24 January I953 that I beca...

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Plumber, amateur photographer - took photos while in North Africa during WWII (see ) Source: Henrietta Lavina Hampshire nee Greyling Mentioned in Henrietta Alice Dryden's Estate Papers; listed as a...

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Roy was born in 1920 to Clara Townsend (nee Belcher) and an unknown father. Clara had lost her first husband to an early death and she seems to have been going through great difficulty. Having four oth...

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Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO & Three Bars (21 March 1889 – 4 July 1963), was a British-born New Zealand Victoria Cross recipient and soldier who...

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Major-General Dan Pienaar G. O. C. First South African Division Source Out of the Abyss - published by The Forum , Johannesburg, South Africa (date not listed)

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Bringing to the Presidency his prestige as commanding general of the victorious forces in Europe during World War II, Dwight D. Eisenhower obtained a truce in Korea and worked incessantly during his tw...

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Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (pronounced /məntˈɡʌmərɪ əv ˈæləmeɪn/; 17 November 1...

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From Ancestry 24.com Born at Bovenplaats, near Riebeek West on 24th May 1870 and died at Doornkloof, near Irene on 11th September 1950), statesman, soldier and philosopher, was the second child in ...

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Rommel, like giants before him who met defeat, among them are Hannibal, Napoleon, and Gen. Robert E. Lee, reflects a fame substantially more lustrous than most of his contemporaries. Erwin Johannes...

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Captain Gilbert Leonard (“Podgy”) McBride was a pilot in the South African Air Force and died in WW II on 3 July 1943, over Sicily, aged 23. The Story Of Gilbert's WWII Service & Death as researched ...

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From Eastern Cape Newspaper Cutting: EP Herald, 29 Mar 1981 Family gathers Tomorrow, Mr. Joel DOUBELL and his wife Joey will be surrounded by their family when they celebrate their 60th wedding ann...

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Eulogy For Grandpa ‘Mc’ 26/ 2/ 1917 - 29/ 12/ 2003 with love from Sharon The phone call to go and say goodbye to Grandpa ‘Mc’ came while we were watching The Lord of the Rings on my birthday. Alt...

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