TOPIC: Van Der Walt, Johannes Christiaan. Burger

Van Der Walt, Johannes Christiaan. Burger 2 years 4 months ago #38410

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Van Der Walt, Johannes Christiaan. Burger 1 year 7 months ago #45287

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Van Der Walt, Johannes Christiaan. Burger 1 year 7 months ago #45289

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Hi Mike
I will look him up on the Boer Museum website, (it is under maintenance at the moment).
But the SA National Archives have this man:

This may be his death file in 1937.
If it is, his wife's name was Elsie Margrietha Kruger

DEPOT VAB
SOURCE MHG
TYPE LEER
SYSTEM 02
REFERENCE 29002
PART 1
DESCRIPTION VAN DER WALT, JOHANNES CHRISTIAAN. EGGENOTE: ELSIE MARGRIETHA
(GEBORE KRUGER).
STARTING 19370000
ENDING 19370000

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Van Der Walt, Johannes Christiaan. Burger 1 year 7 months ago #45291

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Van Der Walt, Johannes Christiaan. Burger 1 year 7 months ago #45294

Adrian123456 Offline Senior Member Posts: 130 Thank you received: 42	Hi Mike Boer Museum database has this man from Smithfield: Surname VAN DER WALT Name JOHANNES Age 26 Address TWYFELFONTEIN District SMITHFIELD Where Captured HOPETOWN When Captured 1901/02/23 Camp Ahmednagar Country Indië Ship (To) HAWARDEN Ship (Back) Number 17434 Ref ID 16516 Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Van Der Walt, Johannes Christiaan. Burger 1 year 7 months ago #45300

QSAMIKE Offline Senior Member Posts: 3719 Thank you received: 535	Does the Smithfield mean that he served in the Smithfield Commando????? If so is there a way to find out what and where the commando served????? Thanks Mike Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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