Hendrik Prinsloo

Hendrik Prinsloo, OBE, ED
Birth nameHendrik Frederik Prinsloo
Born(1890-08-18)18 August 1890
Carolina, South African Republic (now Mpumalanga)
Died20 November 1966(1966-11-20) (aged 76)
Ermelo, Transvaal, South Africa
Allegiance South Africa
Service / branchSouth African Army
RankColonel
UnitRegiment Botha
CommandsZonderwater prisoner of war camp
Battles / wars
AwardsOBE, ED, Croix de Guerre avec Palmes, Mentioned in dispatches
RelationsStephanie Cecilia Weidner, d. 19 November 1941 (two children)
Grace Madeleine Sedgwick
Other workFarming, provincial politics

Hendrik Frederik Prinsloo (18 August 1890 – 20 November 1966) was a South African army officer. As a 12-year-old boy, he was interned by the British in a concentration camp during the Anglo-Boer War but served alongside the British in the South African forces during the two World Wars. He is best remembered for the humanitarian manner in which he, as commandant, ran the Zonderwater Italian prisoner of war camp.