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Beyers, Leonard "Len"
Beyers, Leonard "Len"
Date of birth:
January 22nd, 1894 (Kimberley, Cape Colony)
Date of death:
April 15th, 1959 (East London, South Africa)
Nationality:
South African
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Grootofficier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau met zwaarden (ON.2x)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major-General
Awarded on:
March 29th, 1949
Royal decree no. 13.
British War Medal 1914-1920
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
War Medal 1939-1945
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Medalje Vir Oorlog Dienste Suid-Afrika 1939-1945
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Dictionary of South African Biography. Vol. V (1987)
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Nederlandse onderscheidingen aan Zuid-Afrikaanse militairen voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog
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