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
46333	Grobler	Douw Gerbrand B.	D G B	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-07-19
46305	Groenewald	Abraham Johannes Jacobus	A J J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-04-11
46301	Groenewald	Hermanus Hendrik	H H	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-05-08
46264	Harmse	Dawid P.j.	D P	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-08-07
46263	Harmse	J.h. .	J .	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-03-31
46261	Harmse	Michiel Johannes	M J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-24
46260	Harmse	Theodor (pieter) Heinrich	T ( H	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-03-31
43741	Killian			Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-02-18
12335	Kirsten	Johan Frederick	J F	Burgher	UDF	Mounted Commandos	South African Infantry Corps	1914-11-15
45916	Kritzinger	Jacobus T.	J T	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-05-29
45899	Kruger	Hendrik Stephanus	H S	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-08-31
45887	Kruger	Nicolaas Johannes (petrus Johannes)	N J ( J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-08-31
45890	Kruger	Piet	P	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-05-15
45879	Kruger	Stefanus J.p.	S J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1899-12-13
45822	Le Roux	Hendrik J.	H J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-11-26
13862	Lottering	Casper Johannes	C J	Burgher	UDF	Mounted Commandos	South African Infantry Corps	1914-10-31
47733	Lubbe	W.f.	W	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-12-23
47716	Malan	Burgert Godliep	B G	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-24
47710	Malan	G.	G	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-07-22
47706	Malan	Jacobus Marthinus	J M	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-06-11
47707	Malan	Jacobus Marthinus	J M	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-08-31
47705	Malan	Johannes Francois	J F	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-07-09
47701	Malan	Sarel Francois	S F	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-07-22
43721	Mostert			Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-05-14
45612	Mostert	Philippus Jacobus	P J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-24
45585	Muller	Herman	H	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-01-05
45558	Myburgh	Gert Johannes	G J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		Unknown
45540	Naude	Isak Johannes	I J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-03-31
45468	Nortje	P.s.	P	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-24
45470	Nortje	Petrus Stefanus	P S	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-03-10
45378	Otto	Johan Frederik	J F	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-04-11
45359	Pelzer	Johannes Frederik	J F	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-02-04
45327	Pieterse	David J.	D J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		Unknown
45312	Pieterse	Renier J.j.	R J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		Unknown
45301	Potgieter	Andries Hendrik	A H	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-04-20
20559	Potgieter	Pieter Stephanus Jacobus	P S J	Burgher	UDF	Mounted Commandos	South African Infantry Corps	1914-10-31
45195	Pretorius	Willem Hendrik	W H	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-03-31
45141	Ras	Martinus Nicolaas	M N	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-02-18
45100	Riekert	Burgert C. (boerie)	B C (	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-24
45094	Robbertse	J.f.	J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-09-30
45080	Roets	Gert	G	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-03-31
45079	Roets	Pieter Gerrit Wessel	P G W	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-03-31
44997	Scheepers	Gerhardus Stephanus	G S	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-05-30
44964	Schoeman	Marthinus Johannes	M J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-12-04
44952	Schoonraad	Christiaan Johannes	C J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1899-11-26
44893	Smit	Burgert Godlieb	B G	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-24
44841	Smith	David	D	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		Unknown
44819	Snyman	Louw A	L A	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-09-30
44768	Steyn	Herman Petrus	H P	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-06-04
44764	Steyn	J.	J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-04-11