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Name: CLAASEN, Gert Hendrick
Birth Date: bapt. 5 Aug 1892 Mossel Bay, Cape Colony
Death Date: 13 Apr 1961 Kitale
First Date: 1912 Arrived with his parents from South Africa
Last Date: 1961
Profession: The family settled on the 'Plateau' and started farming. After WW1 he did contract wheat-threshing with an ox-drawn thresher, moving as far afield as Londiani. Later he joined Estates & Investments Ltd., managing farms at Eldoret and Kitale
Area: Plateau, Eldoret & Kitale, 1930 Cherangani
Married: In Pietersberg, Transvaal 20 Aug 1935 Magdalena Catherine 'Lena' Claasen, widow, née Groenewald b. 1892 (prev. m. Petrus Jacobus Claasen d. 1931)
Children: Nick (died in air accident)
Book Reference: Gillett, KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Hut, Red 22, Medals, Gazette, Barnes
War Service: WW1 with 'Belfield Scouts' saw much of the fighting around Longido
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