Bethal Commando

Commando

69 records in this database

Bethal 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 D.J.J. Breytenbach) on Botha’s Rooikop–Langverwachtspruit line in the final phase of Thukela Heights (27 February 1900). 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 12	Group Command	organic	1980-01-01 – 2008-03-31
SADF Commando System: commandos reported to this numbered Group Command (late-1980s structure as published).
General Support Base Nelspruit	GSB	attached	2005-01-01 – 2008-03-31
Commando affiliation to the Group’s SANDF General Support Base (2005 restructuring).

Personnel

69 on the roll across 4 Force tags — this organisation name is shared by more than one defence force / era.

All (69) Boer forces (65) Union Defence Force (2) South African Defence Force (1) South African National Defence Force (1)

#	Last Name	First Name	Initials	Rank	Force	Regiment	Corps	Date of Death
47560	Barnard	P	P	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-05-24
47420	Bezuidenhoudt	Pieter Hendrik Schalk	P H S	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-02-06
47424	Bezuidenhout	Marthinus J	M J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		Unknown
47355	Booyse	Francois Abraham	F A	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1902-03-05
47340	Boshof	Abel Hermanus Gerhardus	A H G	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-02-01
47337	Boshof	Jacobus	J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-10-30
47324	Boshoff	J.n.	J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-06-11
47320	Boshoff	Willem, Corporal	W C	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-10-30
47180	Breytenbach	Pieter Marthinus Jacobus	P M J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-12-10
47168	Brits	Christiaan Pieter	C P	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1899-10-20
47019	Coetzee	Stefanus Petrus	S P	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-03-07
46917	De Beer	Gert Johannes	G J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		Unknown
46876	De Jager	F.r.	F	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1902-03-23
46833	De Klerk	Jacobus Herklaas Barend	J H B	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1902-01-26
46834	De Klerk	Sybrand Johannes	S J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1902-03-31
46827	De Kock	Josias S Lybrecht	J S L	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-12-28
46809	De Lange	Stefanus C.	S C	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-12-04
46741	Deysel	Jan Frederik Edward	J F E	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1899-11-12
46723	Dreyer	Andries	A	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1899-10-20
46668	Du Plooy	Frederik Cornelius Christiaan	F C C	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-05-23
46615	Du Toit	Johannes Petrus	J P	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-03-08
46550	Engelbrecht	J.j.h.	J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-10-30
6693	Erasmus	Andreas Hendrik	A H	Burgher	UDF	Mounted Commandos	South African Infantry Corps	1914-11-13
46540	Erasmus	Andries Hendrik	A H	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-12-21
46519	Erasmus	Lourens Johannes	L J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-10-25
46471	Fischer	Karel Jan	K J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-07-12
46438	Fourie	Jan C	J C	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-06-11
46441	Fourie	Jan Gert	J G	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		Unknown
46445	Fourie	Johannes Gysbert	J G	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-06-11
46382	Gouws	Lucas Jacobus Lourens	L J L	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1902-11-10
46352	Greyling	Michiel Daniel	M D	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1899-10-20
46351	Greyling	Pieter Jacobus P.	P J P	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-02-18
46317	Grobler	Johannes Nicolaas Hermanus	J N H	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-06-13
46290	Grove	Stephanus Petrus	S P	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1902-01-12
46065	Joubert	Christiaan Gerhardus (corporal)	C G (	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-10-31
46054	Joubert	Gideon Jacobus Johannes	G J J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1902-01-22
45934	Krige	Jan Bastiaan	J B	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1902-03-23
45889	Kruger	Lourens Marthinus	L M	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-02-16
45880	Kruger	Stefanus Johannes	S J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-06-15
45785	Liebenberg	Rudolf Johannes	R J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-03-27
47712	Malan	Daniel	D	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-11-24
47699	Malan	Willem	W	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-01-24
45690	Meyer	Andries Marthinus L J	A M L J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-06-02
45658	Meyer	Willem Johannes	W J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-07-04
45324	Pieterse	Frederik Petrus	F P	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-10-30
45223	Pretorius	J.c.	J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-02-12
45208	Pretorius	Johannes Christoffel	J C	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-02-12
45201	Pretorius	Petrus Frans Jacobus	P F J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-03-09
45192	Pretorius	Wynand Arnoldus	W A	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1899-10-20
44843	Smith	Christiaan Gerhardus	C G	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-03-08