TOPIC: Van Der Walt, Johannes Christiaan. Burger

Served: Smithfield.

Good Evening Everyone......

Just purchased, waiting to do Jiffy Bag Dance......

Any further information would be greatly appreciated......

Mike

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

Regards

Adrian

Thankyou Adrian......

Mike

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

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