Barend (Barney) Gotfried Leopold Enslin

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Barend (Barney) Gotfried Leopold Enslin

Birthdate:
Death: September 21, 1955 (76)
Immediate Family:

Son of George Frederik Enslin and Bertha Paulina Theodora Zerwick
Husband of Sophia Johanna Enslin
Father of Barney Godfrey Smuts Enslin
Brother of Ludwig Johann Frederik Enslin; Louisa Goldsbury (Enslin) and Bertha Georgina Theodora Enslin
Half brother of Jan Adriaan Enslin; Augustus Kolbe Enslin; George Frederick Enslin; Margaret Georgina Kruger; Mary Elizabeth Stephenson and 2 others

Occupation: Brigadier General
Managed by: Andrew Alastair McMaster
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About Barend (Barney) Gotfried Leopold Enslin

"Brigadier- General B.G.L (Barney Enslin)

Served in the Anglo-Boer War as a lieutenant with the scouts commanded by Captain D. Theron (q.v). Was wounded captured and sent to Bermuda. Entered the civil service of the Transvaal Colony later the Union Department of Agriculture. In the South Africa Campaign he formed and commanded the Enslin's horse 1915; commanded the Second Mounted Brigade in East Africa 1917. Chief Defense Liaison Officer in the Transvaal in the Second World War."

Extracted from Smut's Papers Volume 4 , November 1918-August 1919

Well Know Military Figure in the Transvaal

http://www.25throyalfusiliers.co.uk/east_africa_despatch_2.html

http://www.trenchfighter.com/40117/59401.html

http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol103ws.html

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Barend (Barney) Gotfried Leopold Enslin's Timeline

1879
June 6, 1879
1917
1917
Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
1955
September 21, 1955
Age 76