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Rustenburg Commando

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125 records in this database

Rustenburg Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve.

Transvaal Boer commando (Cmdt P.S. Steenkamp) on the Hart’s Hill–Railway Hill sector during Thukela Heights; placed under Field Cornet Sarel Oosthuizen with the Krugersdorpers on 24 February 1900 (Gillings). Source: Gillings, Ken. While They Kept The Flag Flying: The Relief of Ladysmith — The Battle of the Thukela Heights, 12th to 28th February 1900. 2nd ed. Just Done Productions / Lulu, 2012 (ISBN 978-1-920315-80-1).

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Formation Type Relationship Dates
Group 19 Group Command organic 1980-01-01
Wikipedia Template:SA Commandos lists this group as later collapsed into other groups.

Personnel

125 on the roll across 3 Force tags — this organisation name is shared by more than one defence force / era.

No Roll of Honour records are linked to this commando as their unit.