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Diederick Rudolph Yzelle (1878 - 1956)
Photo of him returning from POW camp ; DR Yzelle left and his brother in law Roodt on the right OH - thanks, this pic is just stunning! - WB
Sen. Adolf Johannes De La Rey MP (1875 - 1967)
"Oom Dolf"
Dolf was the son of "Groot Adriaan" de la Rey the first police commandant of Johannesburg. He started his fighting career at the age of 19 and took part in the repulsion of the Jameson Raid, helping to...
Sailor Malan MP (1910 - 1963)
" Adolph Gysbert Malan DSO & Bar DFC (24 March 1910 – 17 September 1963), better known as Sailor Malan , was a famed South African World War II RAF fighter pilot who led No. 74 Squadron RAF during the ...
Major-General Kenneth Reid van der Spuy, CBE, MC MP (1892 - 1991)
Marriage: Suid-Afrikaansgebore militêre vlieenier en veteraan van beide wêreldoorloë. en sy tuinboukundige vrou word beide 99 jaar oud, baie kort van 100. . Ek kon nie vinnig maklik bekombare biografie...
Joe Slovo MP (1926 - 1995)
"Yossel Mashal"
Yossel Mashel Slovo was born in Lithuiania in 1926 to a Jewish family who emigrated to South Africa when he was eight. His father worked as a truck driver in Johannesburg. Slovo left school in 1941 and...