Dan Pienaar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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South African general
Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1893
Place of Birth: Ladybrand, Free State, South Africa
Date of Death: 19-Dec-1942
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: South Africa
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Dan Pienaar
- Major General Daniel Hermanus ("Dan") Pienaar (27 August 1893 – 19 December 1942) was a South African World War II military commander. Pienaar joined the artillery branch of the Natal Police (NP) in 1911, and transferred to the Union Defence Forces (UDF) when they took over the NP in 1913.
- In World War I, he served as an artilleryman with the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force in German East Africa and Palestine. Between the two world wars, Pienaar held various staff and command posts.
- He commanded Orange Free State Command from 1935 to 1937.
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