General Hendrik Balzazar Klopper (also Balthazar), DSO[2] was a South African military commander.

He is best known for surrendering the Division to Rommel after the failed defence of the Tobruk harbour in June 1942.

After the war, he became Army Chief of Staff from 1950 to 1953, and Commandant General of the Union Defence Force from 1956 until his retirement in 1958.

During the Second World War, he commanded the 3rd Infantry Brigade in the North African Campaign,[3] for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.

[6] Klopper served as Army Chief of Staff from 1951 to 1953, as Inspector-General from 1953 to 1956, and as Commandant General of the Union Defence Force from 1956 to 1958.