Bloemhof Commando | |
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Bloemhof Commando emblem | |
Country | South Africa |
Allegiance | |
Branch | |
Type | Infantry |
Role | Light Infantry |
Size | One Battalion |
Part of | South African Infantry Corps Army Territorial Reserve, Group 20 |
Garrison/HQ | Bloemhof |
Bloemhof Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve.
The Bloemhof Commando was originally established as a commando of the South African Republic (Transvaal)
This unit can trace its heritage to the Second Boer War, in which it fought under Commandant Tollie de Beer.
The commando had an initial strength of 737, and fought at:
In 1901, this commando fell under the control of acting Assistant Commandant General Jan Smuts. It was reorganised with the remnants of other commandos after the Battle of Nooitgedacht.
A Commandant Tollie de Beer with the remaining 400 mounted men were instructed to continue to obstruct the Mafekeng line. [2] [3]
This commando was part of the South African Invasion of German South West Africa under the 1st Mounted Brigade led by Colonel Brits. A noteworthy engagement was the skirmishes around Husab.
The commando under Commandant Bezuidenhout was tasked to encircle the Schwarze Truppe. [4]
Although mainly used for area protection in the Western Transvaal, this commando together with Stellaland, Kalahari, Christiana, Schweizer-Reneke and De La Rey Commandos formed a joint operational company that was deployed to the Owamboland region in South West Africa.
The unit resorted under the command of the SADF's Group 20.
At the beginning of 1979, under then commander Cmdt van Rensburg, a group of Bloemhof commando soldiers did border duty in Owamboland within a company of Group 21.
This unit, along with all other Commando units was disbanded after a decision by South African President Thabo Mbeki to disband all Commando Units. [5] [6] The Commando system was phased out between 2003 and 2008 "because of the role it played in the apartheid era", according to the Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula. [7]
From | Honorary Colonels | To |
From | Commanding Officer | To |
1901 | Cmdt Tollie de Beer | c. nd |
1914 | Cmdt Bezuidenhout | c. nd |
From | Regimental Sergeant Major | To |
Commanders after WW1:
1923 - 1930 N Strauss 1930 - 1944 K Moller 1944 - 1948 B Klopper 1948 - 1954 A Pretorius 1955 - 1962 J Jacobs 1962 - 1973 NP Muller 1973 - 1975 Hatting 1975 - 1990 JHJ van Rensburg 1990 - 1996 JD van Zyl 1996 - 2001 AB Muller 2001 - DJG de Beer
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