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
33901	Wolmarans	Nicolaas Johannes	N J	Rifleman	SADF	South African Commandos	South African Infantry Corps	1988-10-16
43824	Whiteman			Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-03-07
43867	Weldon			Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-01-08
43965	Viljoen	Johannes Jacobus	J J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-05-02
44035	Venter	Jacobus M (koos)?	J M (	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-02-19
44027	Venter	Stephanus Marthinus	S M	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-03-24
44077	Van Zweel	Emil Wilhelmus	E W	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-04-08
44093	Van Wyk	Louis Adriaan Daniel	L A D	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-03-07
44126	Van Vuuren	Lukas C. Janse	L C J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-06-12
44190	Van Schalkwyk	Cornelis Johannes Andries	C J A	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-05-02
44250	Van Rensburg	Jacobus Barend Janse(n)	J B J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-11-16
44318	Van Niekerk	Gerhardus Wilhelmus	G W	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-11-30
44296	Van Niekerk	Lucas Cornelis Ass Vk	L C A V	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1902-04-02
44395	Van Dyk	Gerhardus Johannes	G J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		Unknown
44390	Van Dyk	Marthinus Johannes	M J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		Unknown
44639	Theron	Pieter Johannes	P J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-06-28
24220	Steyn	Petrus Paulus	P P	Burgher	UDF	Mounted Commandos	South African Infantry Corps	1915-03-03
44785	Steenkamp	Piet Stephanus Albertus	P S A	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-10-21
33069	Stander	Casper	C	Warrant Officer Class II	SANDF	South African Commandos	South African Infantry Corps	1998-03-01
44843	Smith	Christiaan Gerhardus	C G	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-03-08
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
45324	Pieterse	Frederik Petrus	F P	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-10-30
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
47712	Malan	Daniel	D	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-11-24
47699	Malan	Willem	W	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-01-24
45785	Liebenberg	Rudolf Johannes	R J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-03-27
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
45934	Krige	Jan Bastiaan	J B	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1902-03-23
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
46290	Grove	Stephanus Petrus	S P	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1902-01-12
46317	Grobler	Johannes Nicolaas Hermanus	J N H	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-06-13
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
46382	Gouws	Lucas Jacobus Lourens	L J L	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1902-11-10
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
46471	Fischer	Karel Jan	K J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-07-12
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
46550	Engelbrecht	J.j.h.	J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-10-30
46615	Du Toit	Johannes Petrus	J P	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1900-03-08
46668	Du Plooy	Frederik Cornelius Christiaan	F C C	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando		1901-05-23