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Voltigeur

06-07-16 07:04 PM

South Africa......

Brigadier Dan Pienaar, commanding South African Forces in East Africa.

http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib...2445/large.jpg

Brian Conyngham

17-07-16 04:51 AM

Died in a plane crash, what a terrible waste of one General who truly cared for his troops.

BWEF	17-07-16 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Conyngham (Post 368371)

Died in a plane crash, what a terrible waste of one General who truly cared for his troops.

Your post made me search out something more on General Pienaar. Some interesting stuff about his family background:

http://www.angloboerwar.com/forum/13...ilitary-career

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