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Menu Home Upfront Now Up Books Towns Structures People Firms Lexicon VAN DER MEULEN, GH Born: 1864 08 20 Died: 1888 01 30 Engineer One of the five engineers of the NZASM who left the Netherlands for the ZAR on 28 July 1887, the others of the group being GROLL, STEINMETZ, VAN IJSENDIJK and VAN LENNEP. He died of malaria and was buried at Komatipoort. His grave in the cemetery is now incorporated into the golf course, together with that of his compatriot VAN IJSENDIJK who suffered the same fate. In Memoriam, [1908]: 10. (De Jong, 1988) References Anonymous [Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaanse Spoorwegmaatschappij]. [c.1909]. In Memoriam N.Z.A.S.M. Amsterdam: JH De Bussy. pp 10, 167 Bakker, Karel A, Clarke, Nicholas J. 2014. Eclectic ZA Wilhelmiens : A shared Dutch built heritage in South Africa. Pretoria: Visual Books. pp 114 De Jong, RC, Van der Waal, GM. 1988. NZASM 100 : 1887-1899, the buildings, steam engines and structures of the Netherlands South African Railway Company. Pretoria: C. Van Rensburg Publications on behalf of the Human Sciences Research Council. pp 37, 106 Van Winter, PJ. 1937. Onder Krugers Hollanders : Geschiedenis van de Nederlandsche Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorweg-Maatschappij. Eerste Deel. Amsterdam: JH de Bussy. pp 172