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	Date of Death
46723	Dreyer	Andries	A	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando	1899-10-20
46741	Deysel	Jan Frederik Edward	J F E	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando	1899-11-12
46809	De Lange	Stefanus C.	S C	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando	1901-12-04
46827	De Kock	Josias S Lybrecht	J S L	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando	1901-12-28
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
46876	De Jager	F.r.	F	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando	1902-03-23
46917	De Beer	Gert Johannes	G J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando	Unknown
47019	Coetzee	Stefanus Petrus	S P	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando	1901-03-07
47168	Brits	Christiaan Pieter	C P	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando	1899-10-20
47180	Breytenbach	Pieter Marthinus Jacobus	P M J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando	1901-12-10
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
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
47355	Booyse	Francois Abraham	F A	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando	1902-03-05
47424	Bezuidenhout	Marthinus J	M J	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando	Unknown
47420	Bezuidenhoudt	Pieter Hendrik Schalk	P H S	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando	1901-02-06
47560	Barnard	P	P	Burgher	BOER	Bethal Commando	1901-05-24