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MODDERFONTEIN COMMANDO

Modderfontein Commando

Military unit

The Modderfontein Commando was a light infantry unit of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as

Modderfontein Commando

Modderfontein_Commando

Modderfontein

Topics referred to by the same term

Modderfontein can refer to: Battle of Elands River (1901) Modderfontein Commando Modderfontein (East Rand) Modderfontein (House of Assembly of South Africa

Modderfontein

Commando System (South Africa)

South African militia force

The Commando System was a mostly voluntary, part-time force of the South African Army, but in their role as local militia the units were often deployed

Commando System (South Africa)

Commando_System_(South_Africa)

Battle of Elands River (1901)

Battle of the Second Boer War

cousin of Winston Churchill, on the Modderfontein farm. This battle is therefore also known as the Battle of Modderfontein. After a year of guerrilla war,

Battle of Elands River (1901)

Battle_of_Elands_River_(1901)

List of South African Commando Units

Beaufort Commando Part of Natal Command in late 1970s. Originally named Empangeni/Richards Bay Commando. The unit was renamed Insele Commando on March 2

List of South African Commando Units

List_of_South_African_Commando_Units

Deneys Reitz

South African politician (1882–1944)

Anglo-Boer War Commemoration Cape Commando Series No 3. p. 248. ISBN 0-620-26750-X. Smith, RW (June 2004). "Modderfontein 17 September 1901". Military History

Deneys Reitz

Deneys_Reitz

Witwatersrand Command

Command of the South African Army

Germiston Commando Kempton Park Commando Alberton Commando Edenvale Commando Modderfontein Commando Sandton Commando Later Major General William Tanner CMG) "The

Witwatersrand Command

Witwatersrand_Command

George Vivian, 4th Baron Vivian

British soldier

Anglo-Boer War Commemoration Cape Commando Series No 3. p. 248. ISBN 0-620-26750-X. Smith, RW (June 2004). "Modderfontein 17 September 1901". Military History

George Vivian, 4th Baron Vivian

George_Vivian,_4th_Baron_Vivian

Ben Bouwer

Boer war general

surprised and defeated the C Squadron of the British 17th Lancers near Modderfontein in the Battle of Elands River (1901) on 19 September 1901 and continued

Ben Bouwer

Ben_Bouwer

Petrus Johannes Liebenberg

Boer war general (1857–1950)

reinforcements under Lt.-Col. H. T. Hicks arrived. Liebenberg attacked Modderfontein together with general J.C. Smuts during January 29-31, 1901, and captured

Petrus Johannes Liebenberg

Petrus_Johannes_Liebenberg

Italian Volunteer Legion

Military unit

immigrant communities was hired for the production of explosives: the Modderfontein dynamite factory was searching for skilled workers just as its equivalent

Italian Volunteer Legion

Italian_Volunteer_Legion

Guilliam Visagie

Fugitive and first white settler in Namibia

Keetmanshoop, then named ǂNuǂgoaes. Visagie translated the name as Modderfontein, 'Mud Spring', becoming the first European to permanently settle in

Guilliam Visagie

Guilliam_Visagie

Battle of Elands River (1900)

Battle of the Second Boer War

September 1901, another battle was fought along a different Elands River at Modderfontein farm in the then Cape Colony, where a Boer force under Smuts and Deneys

Battle of Elands River (1900)

Battle_of_Elands_River_(1900)

Sophiatown

Suburb of Johannesburg

Marlboro Marlboro Gardens Maryvale Melrose Melrose Estate Melrose North Modderfontein Moodie Hill Morningside Morningside Manor Mountain View Norscot Northern

Sophiatown

1992 South African apartheid referendum

"Yes" vote by white South Africans to abolish apartheid

Brentwood, Edenvale, Geduld, Germiston, Germiston District, Kempton Park, Modderfontein, Nigel, Primrose and Springs Alberton, Bezuidenhout, Bryanston, Hillbrow

1992 South African apartheid referendum

1992_South_African_apartheid_referendum

Damelin Correspondence College

Park Kensington KwaThema Lakeside Langaville Lombardy East Malvern Modderfontein Mountain View Nigel Oaklands Olifantsfontein Percelia Estate Primrose

Damelin Correspondence College

Damelin_Correspondence_College

List of metropolitan routes in South Africa

Rd, Lunik Rd, Terrace Rd M60 East/West N3 (Modderfontein) – M74 – M11 – M1 – M85 (Kramerville) Modderfontein, Kelvin, Marlboro Gardens, Kramerville Sandton

List of metropolitan routes in South Africa

List_of_metropolitan_routes_in_South_Africa

1901 in South Africa

1 mi) south of Lamberts Bay. 31 – General Jan Smuts and his commandos capture Modderfontein. February 1 – Bubonic plague breaks out in Cape Town. 26 –

1901 in South Africa

1901_in_South_Africa

South African Border War

1966–1990 war between South Africa and PLAN

Rights Watch. pp. 17–26. ISBN 978-1-56432-117-6. "Operation Sceptic". Modderfontein: 61 Mechanised Battalion Group Veterans' Association. 2009. Archived

South African Border War

South_African_Border_War

Metropolitan routes in Johannesburg

System of numbered roads in Greater Johannesburg, South Africa

Rd, Lunik Rd, Terrace Rd M60 East/West N3 (Modderfontein) – M74 – M11 – M1 – M85 (Kramerville) Modderfontein, Kelvin, Marlboro Gardens, Kramerville Sandton

Metropolitan routes in Johannesburg

Metropolitan_routes_in_Johannesburg

History of Johannesburg

Smuts and F.W. Reitz were also involved. In mid-May Kock, at the head of a commando, arrived in Johannesburg with a letter from Reitz instructing him to destroy

History of Johannesburg

History_of_Johannesburg

Emmarentia

Place in Gauteng, South Africa

Geldenhuys and his brother had taken part of as members of the Krugersdorp Commando, he decided to help some landless and unemployed Boers war veterans. He

Emmarentia

Damelin

Private college in South Africa

Park Kensington KwaThema Lakeside Langaville Lombardy East Malvern Modderfontein Mountain View Nigel Oaklands Olifantsfontein Percelia Estate Primrose

Damelin

Natal Government Railways

Railway of the Colony of Natal

control of the NGR line north of Ladysmith with a de facto terminus at Modderfontein (10 km (6.2 mi) north of Ladysmith), while Estcourt became the de facto

Natal Government Railways