Arthur William Cullinan

GEDCOM Note

Known as "The Major" "Grandpa Farm"

Led Cullinan's Horse in the Boer war, 1901/1902 and WW1. Awarded DSO for capture of the Boer General De Wet at Goodhouse in 1914.

TMC and AWC were both master builders, but TMC moved into geology. AWC built three DRC's: Lichtenberg, Ventersdorp and Hopetown (?) When he was building one of them, TMC asked him for a loan of 5000 Pounds to buy the farm from Prinsloo. He paid it back, but with no interest, and no grace! After that they hardly ever spoke to each other again! Just once, for 1/2 an hour in Vryburg, when they were both on the trail of General De Wet at the time of the 1914 rebellion. De Wet was trying to go to SWA to join the Germans, but AWC caught him at Goodhouse - which is how he won his DSO.