DE WET – PIETER DANIEL (PIET)
| Born: 1861/08/18 Rank: GENL. Regiment: O.F.S. FORCES GPS: |
Reason for death: DIED Place of death: LINDLEY Date of death: 1929/02/27 Memorial: |
Note:
PIET DE WET WAS A YOUNGER BROTHER OF GEN. CHRISTIAAN DE WET, WHOM HE MET ON 19TH JULY 1900, TELLING CHRISTIAAN THAT A CONTINUANCE OF THE WAR WAS FUTILE. HE SURRENDERED, TAKING THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE AND BECAME CHAIRMAN OF THE BURGER PEACE COMMITTEE AND LEADER OF THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY VOLUNTEERS , TAKING UP ARMS AGAINST HIS COUNTRYMEN. HE WAS OSTRACISED BY HIS BROTHER AND TREATED AS A PARIAH. HE WAS REPORTED TO BE BURIED IN LINDLEY, BUT A SEARCH FOR THE GRAVE MARKER IN THE LINDLEY CEMETERY, IN 2014, YIELDED AN UNSUCCESSFUL RESULT.
