Boet Mentz (11 October 1925 – 1 April 2018) was in Sunnyside House. He left PBHS in 1941 after completing what was then known as ‘JC’.
He was then apprenticed as a Compositor in the Government Printers where he learnt the skilled trade of ‘hot metal type-setting’ on Linotype machines. He enlisted in the army (unit unknown) in 1943 and served in the Italian campaign during World War 2.
He married his beloved Norma in 1948 and they had two daughters, Susan and Kathy.
He worked for the Old Mutual in Pretoria, Benoni and Cape Town. He was then transferred to Johannesburg where he worked for the SA Perm. When Boet retired in 1989, the SA Perm had been absorbed by Nedbank, and he held the position of Regional Manager, Marketing, Northern Transvaal.
Submitted by Pierre Béguin (1949) with additional material provided by Derek Brown and Mrs Val Oosthuizen (formerly of Nedbank)
Boet Mentz (11 October 1925 – 1 April 2018) was in Sunnyside House. He left PBHS in 1941 after completing what was then known as ‘JC’.
He was then apprenticed as a Compositor in the Government Printers where he learnt the skilled trade of ‘hot metal type-setting’ on Linotype machines. He enlisted in the army (unit unknown) in 1943 and served in the Italian campaign during World War 2.
He married his beloved Norma in 1948 and they had two daughters, Susan and Kathy.
He worked for the Old Mutual in Pretoria, Benoni and Cape Town. He was then transferred to Johannesburg where he worked for the SA Perm. When Boet retired in 1989, the SA Perm had been absorbed by Nedbank, and he held the position of Regional Manager, Marketing, Northern Transvaal.
Submitted by Pierre Béguin (1949) with additional material provided by Derek Brown and Mrs Val Oosthuizen (formerly of Nedbank)