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World War II Diaries of Acfp Geldenhuys
Abram Carl Frederik Preller Geldenhuys qualified for his South African Air Force 'Wings' in March 1941. With only twenty more flying hours, Preller Geldenhuys was dispatched to join No 3 Fighter Squadron to East Africa. Once the Italians were defeated at Gondar, ACFP Geldenhuys recovered to South Africa to patrol the coasts for German and Japeneze submarines that threatened the shipping lanes. Once the war ended, he settled on the Copperbelt of Northern Rhodesia / Zambia. After an unsuccessful farming venture in Southern Rhodesia, he returned to South Africa where he rejoined the South African Air Force.
Anglo-Boer War Diaries of Jan Geldenhuys
Jan geldenhuys was called up in October 1899 to serve in the Kroonstad Commando on the Western Front and deployed for the Siege of Kimberley. He fought at the Battles of Belmont, Graspan, Twee- Reviere (Modder River), Magersfontein and several other skirmishes. After Bloemfontein was occupied, he teamed up with Braam Preller, his father-in-law, and adopted 'fight and flight' tactics. His home was burnt down and wife interned in the Kroonstad Concentration Camp, where his new-born daughter died. He was captured in April 1902 and banished as a prisoner of war to Umballa, India, where his experiences till Thursday 20th November 1902 were documented. He shared a tent with his father-in-law and later met up with his father and brother who were POW's at Bhimtal. His diaries are lodged with the Anglo-Boer War museum in Bloemfontein. The author's grandmother, Lizzie Preller, having published her 'Oorlogsherinneringe' (memoirs), provided the inspiration to add this addition to African history.
Rhodesian Air Force Operations
This book records the operations of the Rhodesian Air Force. It includes a log of over 1100 airstrikes carried out as well as maps where most of these strikes have been meticulously plotted. The maps are in full colour. Numerous photographs illustrate the text. The author has produced a comprehensive account of the Air Force role in the war in Rhodesia - Zimbabwe. The work includes one of the most detailed summaries of Rhodesian military operations to have been published, and in this respect serves as an excellent work or reference to those historians and collectors of militaria. It is a book that fills in much detail.A comprehensive index is included. To the very end the Air Force kept up its valiant task of securing the airspace for the troops, the BSAP, the farmers and industry. All in all this is a highly readable, extremely detailed account of the Air Force's part in the war against terrorism
The Anglo-Boer War Diaries Of Jan Geldenhuys
Jan Geldenhuys was called up in October 1899 to serve in the Kroonstad Commando under Commandant Martinus Schoeman on the Western Front and deployed for the Siege of Kimberley. He fought at the Battles of Belmont, Graspan, Twee-Riviere (Modder River), Magersfontein and several other minor skirmishes.He was captured in April 1902 [a mere two months before the end of the war] and banished as a prisoner of war to Umballa, India, where his experiences till Thursday, 20th November 1902, were documented. He shared a tent with his father-in-law and later met up with his father and brother who were POW's at Bhimtal.His diaries, written in high-Dutch, are lodged with the Anglo-Boer War museum in Bloe...
World War Two Diaries of ACFP Geldenhuys
This book by is about my fathers' South African Air Force service during World War Two 1939 - 1945.He married my mother, Mathia Martha Lotter just before the war broke out - and they had the first three of four children born during the war years. The fourth child, born in Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia, did not survive.It must have been very soon after his marriage that he joined the military, like his father Johannes Albertus and eldest brother Hendry Jacobus Geldenhuys. When he was born, he was burdened with my grandmother's family names - Abram Carl Frederick Preller Geldenhuys.Abram Carl Frederick Preller Geldenhuys was born Bothaville, Orange Free State, South Africa, 2 August 1916 and die...
Geldenhuys Genealogy
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HAURAKI CHRISTIAN WRITERS GUIL
This anthology, in full colour, has edited contributions from a group of people in the New Zealand Christian Writers' Guild Hauraki Branch. I became obsessed with the desire to understand how we all experience life's journey in our own way and made it my business to try to enthuse my fellow writers. A collection of work as diverse as this can only accentuate the fact that we serve an AWESOME God. Unique as we are so unique is He. A very special thank you to our publisher Preller Geldenhuys who has helped drive this group to submit their work. To those who didn't get to this in time, please don't give up! Keep writing and keep investigating what lies within your heart. We all have stories to tell and families who will someday regret that they never heard them.
Nickel Cross
The life and time of a Rhodesian Air Force combat pilot who followed his father's footsteps into aviation and fought in the Rhodesian / Zimbabwe war 1965-1980. Heritage is traced from his grandfather's participation in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, his father's involvement in East-Africa during the Second World War 1939-1945 and his survival in the Southern African conflict. The author flew a variety of aircraft and served as a Flight Commander on Hawker Hunter and Canberra aircraft, serving on No's 1 and 5 Squadrons of the Rhodesian Air Force. Rhodesian Air Force Operations with Airstrike Log and its companion, Nickel Cross was first published in 2007.These two volumes formed the basis for ...
