Formed 21 September 1899 as the Imperial Light Horse (Second Boer War). Volunteer unit in the Transvaal Volunteers 1902-1913, then transferred to the Active Citizen Force as "5th Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse)" in 1913. Reformed as an armoured regiment 1949; split into 1 LHR/2 LHR 1975 (Border War era), reamalgamated 1997. Renamed Johannesburg Light Horse Regiment 2019.
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Son of Herman and Augusta Venske; husband of Muriel Maud Venske, of 10 Garth Mansions, 90 Twist Street, Johannesburg. Born in Stutterheim, Cape Province. A clerk. He had 2 children.