Christian Egbaart Gerhardus (Papa Pat) Brits

- about 1962

• Name	Christian Egbaart Gerhardus (Papa Pat) Brits
  Gender	Male
  Death	about 1962	Hospital, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
  Notes	died age about age 61/62 had a big military funeral http://ancestry.mweb.co.za/Ancestry24.aspx?page=content/learningcentre/military ... PRESIDENT STEYN, Regiment One of the principal Citizen Force regiments in the Orange Free State . It is an Afrikaans-medium unit, formed on 1st April 1934 under the command of Lt.-Col. C. G. F. Richter, formerly commandant of the Bloemfontein Town Commando. Soon after its establishment, a company was also formed at Brandfort. ... Lt.-Col. C. E. G. Brits took over command of Regiment President Steyn shortly before the final Battle of Alamein in October 1942, when the whole battalion operated as a single unit for the first time, with a total of 66 machine-guns firing at the same time. Returning to South Africa with the 1st S.A. Division, the regiment was reformed as an armoured unit early in 1943, under command of Lt.-Col. A. S. Nel, who remained in command when the unit was amalgamated with Regiment Botha on 16th August 1943 as the Regiment Botha/President Steyn. ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://rapidttp.com/milhist/vol042mn.html The South African Military History Society Military History Journal - Vol 4 No 2 Museum News Tour of the 6th S.A. Division’s battlefields in Italy ... At Sinalunga one was reminded of the legendary Papa Brits telling the Germans over his tank radio to ‘get off my b..... air, don’t you know I’m fighting a war!’ ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://home.mweb.co.za/re/redcap/new-larf.htm "PAPA BRITS" One day Lt col "Papa" Brits, Officer Commanding Special Service Brigade (SSB) - an armour unit, had to attend a meeting with Sir Pierre van Rhyneveldt. The meeting was urgent and Papa's driver had to drive pretty fast. As the base was left, an MP named "Pine" Pienaar appeared on his Harley-Davidson, and indicated to the driver that he must pull over. "Pine" was known as the "Terror of Pretoria" and displayed no mercy for anyone contravening regulations and rules. "Pine" was however a previous member of the SSB and was wary of "Papa" Brits. Blissfully unaware that "Papa" was seated in the rear of the vehicle, he put his head into the car and began to read extracts from the road traffic ordinance. "Papa" let rip in his usual style, "Pine, what do you want hey?, get lost!". After a terrified "Oh god, Papa", "Pine" hurriedly retreated and "Papa" commented "Pine is still afraid of Papa". Story related by Mr Johan Strohfeldt Published in the SA Armoured Corps 50th Birthday Commemorative Publication -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Person ID	I7744	Houliston Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 August 2007

  
  

  Father	Living
  Family ID	F2667	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse 1	Living
  Children	+ 1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F2666	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse 2	Muriel (Babs) Jenkins   bur. 1 December 1984, Transvaal, South Africa
  Family ID	F2410	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart