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Identity
Person No.
45792
Old ROH no.
19942
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Liebenberg 41
First Name
Christiaan Rudolf
Initials
C R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1873 (±1 yr) 196
Age at Death
27
Military Service
Rank
Burgher
Regiment
Boer Forces 5,172
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
05 February 1900 136
Cause code
KIA 14,310
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,230
Killed in action, Vaalkrans
Grave Reference
Unknown
Location
Country
South Africa 22,991
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Unknown
Notes

WMBR id 1844

Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
on 23 December 2002
Christiaan Rudolph, born 1874 of the farm "Liebenbergsdam", District of Victoria West. The first born of Willem Frederik Liebenberg and Anna Gertruida Sinclair. CR's genealogy code: b1c2d4e1f1g1. My grand uncle. Family history has him dying at the battle of Spioenkop (23 Jan, 1900). The SA Archives has a photograph of him in "Staatsartillere" uniform, c.1899. His next eldest brother, Thomas Albertus, (my grandfather), also fought in the Krugersdorp Commando. While serving under Cmdnt. Kritzinger he was severely wounded on 12 Dec, 1901 at Hanover Road, captured 17 Dec 1901 (POW #32313).
Dedications 1
by Bill Wilson on 23 December 2002
Vir my groot oom Christiaan Rudolph. An ancestor who asked for so little and sacrificed so much.