Adriaan Stephanus GREEFF

1912 - 1973  (61 years)

• Name	Adriaan Stephanus GREEFF  [1]
  Born	18 Feb 1912	Groot Marico
  Christened	Hervormde Kerk
  Gender	Male
  Wartime decoration	1940	Second World War
  	Attie Leaves to fight in South West Africa and then moved to Abasinia
  Wartime decoration	Aug 1942	Second World War
  	Attie recieve 1 week leave from the war and then return to North Africa
  Wartime decoration	May 1943	Second World War
  	Attie receive the Africa Star military campaign medal Instituted by the United Kingdom for award to subjects of the British Commonwealth who served in the Second World War, specifically in North Africa
  	Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_Star
  Wartime decoration	Oct 1943	second World War
  	Attie one week leave from war. First time seeing Thomas now 6months old Return to French Moroco and later moved to Egipt
  Wartime decoration	1945	Second World War
  	Return from the war from Egipt
  Wartime decoration	Aug 1945	Second World War
  	Attie Receive the War Medal a campaign medal which was instituted by the United Kingdom on 16 August 1945, for award to subjects of the British Commonwealth who had served full-time in the Armed Forces for at least 28 days between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945
  	Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Medal_1939%E2%80%931945
  Occupation	Oct 1946	Transvaal Provincail roadworks
  	Employed as Road Inspector and asked to build Jan Smuts Airport first air strips
  Died	3 Oct 1973	Benoni
  Buried	Benoni Begrafplaas
  Person ID	I4765	Greeff Main Tree
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Thomas Gerhardus GREEFF,   b. 14 Sep 1884,   d. 14 Sep 1960, Potgietersrus, South Africa  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Anna Maria Jacoba MEINTJES,   b. 26 Mar 1885, Zeerust, South Africa. ,   d. 6 Jul 1974  (Age 89 years)
  Married	18 May 1909
  Family ID	F1154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaretha Elizabetha DE BEER,   b. 18 Dec 1919, Vyeboomspruit, Waterberg Distrik ,   d. 23 Nov 2003, Bronkhorstspruit  (Age 83 years)
  Married	28 Mar 1942	Potgietersrus Magiestraat
  	Type: in gemeenskap van goedere
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Gerhardus GREEFF,   b. 20 Apr 1943, Summerfield Distrik, Potgietersrus ,   d. 20 Dec 1995, Florida, Roodepoort  (Age 52 years)  [Birth]   2. Aletha Johanna Elizabetha GREEFF,   b. 29 Jun 1948, Welgedag, Potgietersrus  [Birth]   3. Arnoldus Stephanus GREEFF,   b. 19 Oct 1946, Louis Trichardt  [Birth]
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F1724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Feb 1912 - Groot Marico Christened - - Hervormde Kerk Wartime decoration - Attie Leaves to fight in South West Africa and then moved to Abasinia - 1940 - Second World War Wartime decoration - Attie recieve 1 week leave from the war and then return to North Africa - Aug 1942 - Second World War Wartime decoration - Attie receive the Africa Star military campaign medal Instituted by the United Kingdom for award to subjects of the British Commonwealth who served in the Second World War, specifically in North Africa,Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa_Star - May 1943 - Second World War Wartime decoration - Attie one week leave from war. First time seeing Thomas now 6months old Return to French Moroco and later moved to Egipt - Oct 1943 - Second World War Wartime decoration - Return from the war from Egipt - 1945 - Second World War Wartime decoration - Attie Receive the War Medal a campaign medal which was instituted by the United Kingdom on 16 August 1945, for award to subjects of the British Commonwealth who had served full-time in the Armed Forces for at least 28 days between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945,Address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Medal_1939%E2%80%931945 - Aug 1945 - Second World War  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Attie Greeff Attie During the Second World War somewhere in North Africa

  
  

• Sources

  [S535] Death Notice: TAB MHG 8068/68, Thomas Gerhardus Greeff.