SWIL, Israel. M.P.S. Pharmacist. Born Pokroi, Lithuania, 31st October, 1909, son of Joel and Rachel Swil. Came to South Africa 1910. Educated at Boksburg and Germiston High School and Johannesburg Technical College. Director of Lansdowne Pharmacy (Pty.) Ltd. and Thinault Investment Corp., Cape Town. Secretary, Bloemhof Hebrew Congregation, 1935-40. Served with South African Forces during World War II. Was member of the Bloemhof Town Council, 1938-40. Married Fanny Esther Steyn, 1946; one daughter. Recreation: Gardening. Add.: 24, Links Drive, Pinelands, Cape.
Biographies extracted and digitised by Dr Jeremy Hodes from the South African Jewish Yearbook 1929 edited by Morris De Saxe and South African Jewry, 1967-68 edited by Leon Feldberg. Use the page, label or search box to find the information you are seeking.
Thursday, 23 March 2023
Swil, Israel
SWIL, Israel. M.P.S. Pharmacist. Born Pokroi, Lithuania, 31st October, 1909, son of Joel and Rachel Swil. Came to South Africa 1910. Educated at Boksburg and Germiston High School and Johannesburg Technical College. Director of Lansdowne Pharmacy (Pty.) Ltd. and Thinault Investment Corp., Cape Town. Secretary, Bloemhof Hebrew Congregation, 1935-40. Served with South African Forces during World War II. Was member of the Bloemhof Town Council, 1938-40. Married Fanny Esther Steyn, 1946; one daughter. Recreation: Gardening. Add.: 24, Links Drive, Pinelands, Cape.
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