Gauteng, PRETORIA district, Irene, Doornkloof 391

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Gauteng, PRETORIA district, Irene, Doornkloof 391_1, Smuts Koppie, Smuts memorial

Cemetery information:-

Smuts memorial on the farm Doornkloof. In 1908 General Smuts built this house known as the Big House. The wood-and-iron building is of historical interest as it was originally a campaign building in India, demounted and re-erected as an officers' mess at Lord Kitchener's headquarters at Middelburg (Mpumalanga). Over the years, rooms were added and verandahs enclosed. It is a large house with 11 bedrooms. As Field Marshall, the Right Honourable Jan Christiaan Smuts, second Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa and a prominent figure in world affairs, lived in this house for a considerable part of his adult life. It was the only permanent home he knew after he left his father's farm.
(https://artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/ bldgframes_mob.php?bldgid=9604)

Captions done by: Sue van der Berg

Information also available on the GGSA Cemetery DVD:-
Cemetery ID: 218
Names in cemetery: 11

Google Earth Project Information:-
GPSID: 218
GPS: -25 53.270, 28 14.436

Date: 16 Oct 2008

Contributed by: eGGSA

Size: 13 items

1. SMUTS memorial / gedenksteen

Date: 22 Dec 2015

Contributed by: Ludwig Döhne

2. SMUTS memorial / gedenksteen

Date: 15 Mar 2008

Contributed by: Hetta Scholtz

3. SMUTS homestead / plaashuis

Date: 10 Apr 2006

Contributed by: Hetta Scholtz

4. Cannon / kanon

Date: 10 Apr 2006

Contributed by: Hetta Scholtz

SMUTS Catharina Petronella 1904-1968

Cato

Date: 22 Dec 2015

Contributed by: Ludwig Döhne

SMUTS Jacobus Abraham 1899-1900

Koosie

Date: 22 Dec 2015

Contributed by: Ludwig Döhne

SMUTS Jacop Daniel 1906-1948

Japie

Date: 22 Dec 2015

Contributed by: Ludwig Döhne

SMUTS Jan Christian 1870-1950 en Sybella Margaretha nee KRIGE 1870-1954

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Date: 22 Dec 2015

Contributed by: Ludwig Döhne

SMUTS Jan Christian 1912-1995

Klein Jannie

Date: 22 Dec 2015

Contributed by: Ludwig Döhne

SMUTS Koosie 1898-1898 :: SMUTS Jossie 1898-1898

Twins

Date: 22 Dec 2015

Contributed by: Ludwig Döhne

SMUTS Louis Anne, DE LA REY 1914-2003

Bobby Louis

Date: 22 Dec 2015

Contributed by: Ludwig Döhne

SMUTS Susanna Johanna 1903-1966

Santa

Date: 22 Dec 2015

Contributed by: Ludwig Döhne

SMUTS Sybella Margaretha 1908-1976

Sylma

Date: 22 Dec 2015

Contributed by: Ludwig Döhne

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