Major Phillipus (Philip) Jacobus Pretorius

Born: 18 February 1877, Nylstroom, Transvaal, (South Africa)
Parents: Gerhardus Petrus Pretorius (1853-1934) and Gerbreg Andriza (or Gertbreggie Andriesina) van der Walt (1861-1937)
Siblings: Major Phillipus Jacobus Pretorius (1877-1945)
Gerhardus Petrus Pretorius (1882-1918)
Cornelis Petrus Jacobus Pretorius (1884-1967)
Koert Nicholas Pretorius (1886-1941)
Andries Jacobus Petrus Pretorius (1888-1917)
Dina Johanna Pretorius (1890-1944)
Cecilia Jacoba Pretorius (1893-...)
Gertbrechtje Andriesina Pretorius (1896-1961)
Marthinus Wessels Pretorius (1900-...)
Hendrik Carel Pretorius (27 August 1904 - 25 January 1990) (grandfather of Okkie Butler)
Married: Susara Hendrika Nel (born 9 March 1905, Nylstroom, Transvaal, South Africa), 8 June 1925, Pretoria, Transvaaal, South Africa
Children: Philippus Jacobus Pretorius, 13 April 1923 - 20 March 1992, Pretoria
Anna Catharina Pretorius (married JJ Strydom), 25 April 1924, Waterberg - 8 July 2020, Rhenosterpoort, Nylstroom
Gertbreggie Andriesina Pretorius (married Willem de Jager), 1926, Nylstroom - 1987, Rhenosterpoort, Waterberg
Susara Hendrika Pretorius, 21 November 1929, Nylstroom
Philfin Rosa Pretorius, 2 March 1933
Johanna Adriana Pretorius, 10 December 1935, Waterberg - 10 January 1999, Secunda, Bethal
Maria Magdalena Pretorius, 30 April 1941, Waterberg
Gerhardus Petrus Pretorius, 16 November 1943, Waterberg
Occupation: Hunter
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Died: 24 November 1945, aged 68
Buried: Old Cemetery and Concentration Camp, Nylstroom (now Modimolle, Limpopo), South Africa

He is a descendant of the Boer / Voortrekker leader Gert Andries Pretorius. The capital city of South Africa, Pretoria, was named after Andries Pretorius, as the leader was known.

Wilbur Smith apparently borrowed the story of Jungle Man, and made a book and movie about it (Shout at the Devil).

Major Philip Jacobus Pretorius, born in Transvaal in 1876, died 1945, was a South African big game hunter and descendant of the Voortrekker leader, Andries Pretorius. Major Pretorius shot and killed 557 elephants in his lifetime. He also caught wild animals alive for zoos.

Pretorius managed to kill 120 elephants of the 131 roaming in the Addo area (on some days he was able to shoot as many as 5 elephants per day). The remaining 11 were given refuge in the Addo National Elephant Park, which was proclaimed in 1931.

Koedoe article about hunting of Addo elephants
Addo Elephants in the Amathole Museum
Addo Tourism article: Major Pretorius’ big elephant hunt
Jungle Man book by Major PJ Pretorius
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Marriage of Major PJ Pretorius and Susara Hendrika Nel
Death notice of Major PJ Pretorius

Major PJ Pretorius