Rustenburg Commando

Commando

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.

All (125) Boer forces (120) Union Defence Force (4) South African Defence Force (1)

#	Last Name	First Name	Initials	Rank	Force	Regiment	Corps	Date of Death
47566	Barnard	H F	H F	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-01-17
47573	Barnard	Jan Frederick	J F	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1899-11-26
47547	Basson	Jan Abraham	J A	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-07-26
47545	Basson	Nicolaas J S	N J S	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-07-26
29200	Baum	Johannes Ferdinand	J F	Rifleman	SADF	South African Commandos	South African Infantry Corps	1977-10-29
47445	Bezuidenhout	Casper Nicolaas	C N	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-02-22
47389	Bischoff	Hendrik Johannes	H J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-05-31
47328	Boshoff	Gerhardus J	G J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1899-11-28
47290	Botha	Andries B.	A B	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-06-23
47272	Botha	Gerhardus Stephanus	G S	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1899-12-06
47232	Botha	Pieter	P	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-01-24
47196	Breedt	Dawid Johannes	D J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-05-29
47194	Breedt	Frans Jacobus	F J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-05-29
47137	Buitendag	Carel Hendrik	C H	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-24
47139	Buitendag	Cornelis	C	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-09-30
47134	Buitendag	Matthys Jacobus	M J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-02-18
47109	Buys	Hendrik Willem J	H W J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-03-31
47064	Coertzen	Josef van Dyk	J D	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-24
47047	Coetzee	Frederik Botha	F B	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-11-05
47046	Coetzee	Gerhardus J J	G J J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-04-11
47011	Coetzer	Ernst Hendrik	E H	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		Unknown
46957	Cronje	C A	C A	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-04-11
46956	Cronje	Cornelius Andries	C A	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-01-02
46949	Cronje	Hendrik Jacobus	H J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-04-11
46950	Cronje	Izaak Johannes	I J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-01-02
46908	De Beer	Johannes Hendrik Bakemeyer	J H B	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-11-03
46900	De Beer	Renier Johannes Jacobus	R J J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		Unknown
46870	De Jager	Jacob Lourens Carolis	J L C	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-08-22
46832	De Klerk	P.	P	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-11-26
46816	De Lange	Barend Jacobus	B J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-05-29
46796	De Villiers	Abraham Absalon	A A	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-12-03
46761	De Wet	Jacobus Christiaan Christoffel	J C C	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-04-11
46736	Diedericks	Hendrik Johannes	H J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-08-02
46728	Drake	Spencer Rudrum	S R	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-07-22
46713	Dreyer	Thomas Andries	T A	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-01-05
46703	Du Plessis	Cornelis Johannes	C J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-11-30
46699	Du Plessis	Douw Gerbrand	D G	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-21
46689	Du Plessis	Hendrik Johannes	H J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-24
46692	Du Plessis	Isak Stephanus	I S	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1899-12-26
46675	Du Plessis	Piet J.	P J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-01-27
46647	Du Preez	J.a.	J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-02-03
46643	Du Preez	Lucas Johannes Petrus Francois	L J P F	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-02-26
46639	Du Preez	W.	W	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-02-17
46627	Du Toit	Daniel Sarel	D S	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-07-22
46621	Du Toit	Jacobus Marthinus	J M	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-05-03
46565	Els	Johannes Marthinus	J M	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1899-11-26
46526	Erasmus	Jacobus Johannes Hendrik	J J H	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		Unknown
46504	Erasmus	Stephanus Petrus	S P	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-01-14
46459	Fouche	Jan Herman (harm)	J H (	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-02-19
46401	Giddy	Douglas William	D W	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-03-02