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December 13, 1906
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December 16, 1996
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Van der Post was born on December 13, 1906 in the small town of Philippolis. His father, Christian Hendrik Willem Van der Post (1856-1914), of Dutch descent, arrived in South Africa at the age of three, and later married Lawrence's mother in 1889.
Mother is Lammy, of German descent. There were 15 children in the family, Lawrence was the thirteenth in the family. Christian was a lawyer and a politician.
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