General Coen Brits was a huge man standing 6 foot 6 inches tall and became a very close friend of General Louis Botha after Botha rescued him when his horse had been shot and he became tangled in barbed wire.
Initially with the Wakkerstroom Commando, he took part in the invasion of Natal at the start of War. During WW1 he took part in the German South-West African and German East-African campaigns.
