Hendrik Prinsloo
Hendrik Frederik Prinsloo, OBE, ED (18 August 1890 – 20 November 1966) was a South African army officer. As a 12-year-old boy, he was interned by the British in a concentration camp during the Anglo-Boer War but served alongside the British in the South African forces during the two World Wars. He is best remembered for the humanitarian manner in which he, as commandant, ran the Zonderwater Italian prisoner of war camp.
Hendrik Prinsloo, OBE, ED | |
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| Birth name | Hendrik Frederik Prinsloo |
| Born | 18 August 1890 Carolina, South African Republic (now Mpumalanga) |
| Died | 20 November 1966 (aged 76) Ermelo, Transvaal, South Africa |
| Allegiance | South Africa |
| Service/ | South African Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Unit | Regiment Botha |
| Commands held | Zonderwater prisoner of war camp |
| Battles/wars | South West Africa 1914 1916 France 1922 Bondelswarts Rebellion |
| Awards | OBE, ED, Croix de Guerre avec Palmes, Mentioned in dispatches |
| Relations | Stephanie Cecilia Weidner, d. 19 November 1941 (two children) Grace Madeleine Sedgwick |
| Other work | Farming, provincial politics |
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