Category WW II

WWII – Clarence Frederick Birkenbach (Burton) (Africa)

by douggieweeks WW II, WWII Africa

Clarence Frederick
Birkenbach (Burton) (1910-1976)

Served in the SA Army during WW 2
L-R Jessie Mary Anne,Stanley, Clarence and Stella Elizabeth

Clarence Frederick Birkenbach was born on 16 June 1910, in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, his father, Carl Bastian Birkenbach, was 29 and his mother, Emily Adolphina Lonngren, was 22. He died on 13 February 1976, in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, at the age of 65, and was buried in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

Clarence Frederick Birkenbach father Carl Bastian Birkenbach, is Jan Gerhardus younger brother.
Jan Gerhardus married Martha Magdalena Weeks

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Acknowledgement:

Birkenbach Family for the photos (2022)

WWII – Bernard Lonngren Birkenbach (Africa)

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Bernard Lonngren Birkenbach (1917-1989)

Served in the SA Army during WW 2
Sergeant 31219
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Sergant Bernard Lonngren Birkenbach was born on 1 May 1917, in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, his father, Carl Sebastian Birkenbach, was 36 and his mother, Emily Adolphina Lonngren, was 29. He married Elizabeth Grace Clegg on 31 March 1946, in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. He died on 26 July 1989, in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, at the age of 72.

Bernard Lonngren Birkenbach , his father, Carl Sebastian, was the brother of Jan Gerhardus Birkenback that married Martha Madalena Weeks .

Service number 31219

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Acknowledgement:

Birkenbach Family for the photos (2022) https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/records/5604887/sergeant-b-l-birkenbach-south-african-army (2022) https://www.angloboerwar.com/name-search (2022)
https://www.angloboerwar.com/ (2022)

WWII – Xavier Sebastian Birkenbach (Africa)

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Xavier Sebastian Birkenbach (1918-1937)

Xavier Sebastian served in the SA Navy during WW 2

Service number 71268
Xavier Sebastian left celebrating his birthday on the 31 October , probabily 1944 in Egypt

Xavier Sebastiaan Birkenbach was born in 1918, in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, his father, Jan Gerhardus Birkenbach, was 40 and his mother, Martha Magdalena Weeks, was 32. He died in 1976, in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, at the age of 58, and was buried in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.

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Birkenbach Family for the photos (2022) https://www.angloboerwar.com/name-search (2022)
https://www.angloboerwar.com/ (2022)

WWII – Xavier Sebastian Birkenbach (Africa)

by douggieweeks WW II, WWII Africa

Xavier Sebastian Birkenbach (1918-1937)

Xavier Sebastian served in the SA Navy during WW 2

Service number 71268
Xavier Sebastian left celebrating his birthday on the 31 October , probabily 1944 in Egypt

Xavier Sebastiaan Birkenbach was born in 1918, in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, South Africa, his father, Jan Gerhardus Birkenbach, was 40 and his mother, Martha Magdalena Weeks, was 32. He died in 1976, in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, at the age of 58, and was buried in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.

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Acknowledgement:

Birkenbach Family for the photos (2022) https://www.angloboerwar.com/name-search (2022)
https://www.angloboerwar.com/ (2022)

WW II – Brig Jan Pieter Albertus Fürstenburg (Africa)

by douggieweeks WW II, WWII Africa

Brigadier Jan Pieter Albertus Fürstenburg 1910-1948

RSA Staff Corps
service number 226158V
DSO Medal

Brigadier Jan Pieter Albertus Furstenberg, son of Peter Theodorus and Heila maria Johanna (Weeks) Furstenburg and husband of Maria Catharina (van Wyk) Furstenburg. This memorial website was created in memory of Brigadier Jan Pieter A Furstenburg, born 17 November 1910 and passed away on 12 December 1948.

Brigadier  Jan Pieter Albertus Furstenberg military career :

  • 1940-10-30 Lieutenant-Colonel
  • 1940-10-30 –Commanding Officer Armoured Fighting Vehicles Training Center.
  • 1941-10-04 – 1942-03-31 Commanding Officer 3rd Recce Battalion.
  • 1942-03-31 – 1942-07-02 Commanding Officer 1st South African Brigade [North Africa]
  • 1943-02-01 – 1945-XX-XX
    Commanding Officer 11th South African Armoured Brigade [North Africa – Italy] of 6 SA Armd Division.

We will remember him forever - fighting for our freedom

DSO Service 1
African Star 1
Star Medal
Italy Star
Defence medal UK
War medal
South Africa service medal 1
Jan Pieter Albertus Furstenburg 13
Brig Jan Pieter Albertus Furstenburg14
Acknowledgment:

https://www.generals.dk/general/Furstenburg/Jan_Pieter_Albertus/South_Africa.html (access date 20.10.2022)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_Star https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Star_Medal (access date 20.10.22)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_Star (access date 20.10.2022) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_Medal_(United_Kingdom) (20.02.2022) https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/records/2937666/brigadier-jan-pieter-albertus-furstenburg-south-african-army-sa-staff-corps (24.10.2022)
' https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37039/supplement/2073 (21.10.2022)
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WW II – William Gaul Driver (Africa)

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Lt Col William Gaul Driver
(b 1910- )

Lt Col service number 102584V

Lt Col William Gaul Driver, the son of Arthur and Minnie Florence (Weeks) Driver of Somerset West, Eastern Cape South Africa. This memorial website was created in memory of Herbert Weeks Driver , born 1910 and passed away on xxxx. We will remember him forever.

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Acknowledgement:
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/records/5257606/temporary-lieutenant-colonel-william-gaul-driver-south-african-air-force

Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939%E2%80%931945_Star

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Medal_1939%E2%80%93194

data.pdf (thegazette.co.uk)

 

 

WW II – R C Weeks (Africa)

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Albert Petrus Weeks
(Age 26 War I- 1943)

Albert Petrus Weeks married to Alida (Viljoen) Weeks and the 5th son of William & Martha MME (van der Westhuizen) Weeks.

Albert was listed with different record during this time and war prisoner.
Ref: 11905 Anglo Boer War
Ref: 7532 Anglo Boer War
Ref:12821 Angle Boer War

Albert Petrus Weeks married to Alida (Viljoen) Weeks and 5th son of William & Martha MME (van der Westhuizen) Weeks. Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902– The Boer Wars were a number of conflicts between the British and Afrikaaners, Boers and South Africans. In 1875, Lord Carnarvon, the British Colonial Secretary, proposed a federation of the South African states. Initially, the Boers practiced passive resistance, but they revolted in December 1880. The British found themselves outmanoeuvred and surprised by the skilled Boer marksmen. On 23 March 1891, the British government signed a truce and the Boers were allowed to self-govern in the Transvaal. The Second Boer War broke out on 11 October 1899 when Britain rejected the Transvaal ultimatum. The records found in this collection include lists of South African and Boer prisoners of war from the Second Boer War. The war devastated the land and agrarian society in South Africa. The South African Republican and the Orange Free State were both ended and placed within the British Empire. The war ceased on 31 May 1902 with the Treaty of Vereniging.

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Acknowledgment:
https://www.wmbr.org.za/