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
27944	Webber	Reginald Benoni	R B	Captain	UDF	Mounted Commandos	South African Infantry Corps	1914-11-01
43947	Visser	D	D	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		Unknown
44439	Van der Walt	Hendrik Petrus	H P	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-03-27
44561	Van den Berg	Barend J.p.	B J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-02-28
44069	Van Zyl	Gerhardus Stephanus	G S	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-02-06
44067	Van Zyl	Hendrik Willem Marthinus	H W M	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-02-23
44103	Van Wyk	Casper J H	C J H	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-09-27
44094	Van Wyk	Louis J (lewies)	L J (	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		Unknown
46112	Van Vuuren	J.j.	J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-05-11
44132	Van Vuuren	Jesaja Jeremia	J J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-05-11
44129	Van Vuuren	Lukas Johannes Stephanus	L J S	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		Unknown
44153	Van Tonder	Izak J.a.	I J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-24
44150	Van Tonder	Louis Lourens	L L	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		Unknown
44146	Van Tonder	Petrus Johannes	P J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-24
44174	Van Staden	Gerhardus Stephanus	G S	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-09-07
44171	Van Staden	Mathys	M	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-24
44169	Van Staden	Philippus Theunis	P T	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-01
44244	Van Rensburg	Johannes C Janse	J C J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-02-21
44251	Van Rensburg	Johannes C Janse	J C J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-02-18
44337	Van Loggenberg	Johannes Jurgens	J J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-12-13
44348	Van Helsdingen	J.m.(johannes Michael)	J M	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-24
44398	Van Dyk	Frans	F	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-11-05
44397	Van Dyk	Frans Johannes	F J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-11-05
44405	Van Dyk	Johannes Lodewikus	J L	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-24
44594	Van Aarde	Abraham	A	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-04-11
44768	Steyn	Herman Petrus	H P	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-06-04
44764	Steyn	J.	J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-04-11
44819	Snyman	Louw A	L A	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-09-30
44841	Smith	David	D	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		Unknown
44893	Smit	Burgert Godlieb	B G	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-24
44952	Schoonraad	Christiaan Johannes	C J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1899-11-26
44964	Schoeman	Marthinus Johannes	M J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-12-04
44997	Scheepers	Gerhardus Stephanus	G S	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-05-30
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
45094	Robbertse	J.f.	J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-09-30
45100	Riekert	Burgert C. (boerie)	B C (	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1901-10-24
45141	Ras	Martinus Nicolaas	M N	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1900-02-18
45195	Pretorius	Willem Hendrik	W H	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-03-31
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
45327	Pieterse	David J.	D J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		Unknown
45312	Pieterse	Renier J.j.	R J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		Unknown
45359	Pelzer	Johannes Frederik	J F	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-02-04
45378	Otto	Johan Frederik	J F	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-04-11
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
45540	Naude	Isak Johannes	I J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-03-31
45558	Myburgh	Gert Johannes	G J	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		Unknown
45585	Muller	Herman	H	Burgher	BOER	Rustenburg Commando		1902-01-05