VILLIERS Jannie, de 1878-1936
Garret wrote:
Jan HS DE VILLIERS was married to Willa VAN SCHALKWYK 1890-1971. They were my grandparents!
Jan was nick-named 'Kruipertjie' (crawler) during the ABO2 for his antics in crawling into the concentration camps to receive and deliver messages. Caught by the British on 20 Jan 1902. Send to India on the ship TAGUS (departed 13 Feb 1902). He returned to SA in 1906. His reference number at the Bloemfontein War Museum is #28597
Gen code: a3b7c3d8e6f5g1
Source: Malherbe & Malan Familie p 497
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Date: 11 May 2005
Contributed by: Garrett de Villiers
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