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Served: Theron's Verkenners. Awarded the DTD (Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst) and received the Wound Ribbon (Lint voor Verwonding).

Brigadier- General B.G.L ('Barney' Enslin) Born 6 June 1879 - Died 21 September 1955

Served in the Anglo-Boer War as a Lieutenant with the Scouts commanded by Captain Daniel Theron (Therons Verkenners Korps). He was seriously wounded at the Jagersfontein Road Action (lung and shoulder) captured and sent to Bermuda in 1901. He has a typed addendum of 36 separate actions to compliment his Boer War Medal Applications (its attached)

Entered the civil service of the Transvaal Colony later the Union Department of Agriculture. In the South Africa Campaign in World War One he formed and commanded Enslin's horse 1915; commanded the Second Mounted Brigade in East Africa 1917. Chief Defence Liaison Officer in the Transvaal in the Second World War." Extracted from Smut's Papers Volume 4 , November 1918-August 1919

He was awarded the DSO 1st February 1917, while his own son: Captain Barney Godfrey Smuts Enslin S.A.A.F was shot down and killed in action in Europe on 23 January 1945

His Medal Entitlement: Decoratie Voor Trouwe Dienst, Distinguished Service Order, Oorlog Medalje 1899-1902, 1914/15 Star, British War Medal 1914-1918, Allied Victory Medal with Oak Leaf, Legion of Honour - France.



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