Prime Minister Jan Smuts Nationality South African Role South African Politician Succeeded by Frederic Creswell | Preceded by Jan Smuts Name Hendrik Mentz Died 1938 | |
Born August 8, 1877
Wittenbor, Orange Free State ( 1877-08-08 ) Spouse(s) Gerty Roux - Died very young in the 1918 influenza epidemic. Later Remarried Children Susie, Nell, Hennie, Dawie.
Dawie was only 2years old when his Mom died. Parents Father: David Jacobus
Mother: Johanna (nee) Duplooy | ||
Hendrik Mentz DTD (1877–1938) was a South African Party politician and South African Minister of Defence from 19 March 1920 to 29 June 1924.
He served in the Second Boer War. He served in the First World War. The Strike Craft SAS Hendrik Mentz of the South African Navy was named after him.
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