Deneys Reitz
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Deneys Reitz, was a South African soldier, author, adventurer and statesman. Best known as the author of Commando (1929), which detailed his experience in the Second Boer War, he also fought against the Maritz rebellion, and in the First World War in Africa and Europe.
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Deneys Reitz while acting as Kommando during the Second Boer War
The Second Smuts Cabinet, c.1923.Deneys Reitz is second left in the back row.
Deneys Reitz as Minister of Native Affairs visiting a British Army camp in Aldershot on 22 November 1939
Jan Smuts' United Party Cabinet c.1939.Deneys Reitz is third from right in the front row.In their orbit 1
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Deneys Reitz, was a South African soldier, author, adventurer and statesman. Best known as the author of Commando (1929), which detailed his experience in the Second Boer War, he also fought against the Maritz rebellion, and in the First World War in Africa and Europe. In the 1920s he began a decades-long political career which included multiple ministerial portfolios, culminating in the office of Deputy Prime Minister under Jan Smuts. A lawyer by trade, his eponymous firm Deneys Reitz Inc went on to become one of South Africa's leading firms. Reitz died in office in 1944 as South African High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
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