Veldkornet Gerhardus Carolus Nicolaas Renke

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About Veldkornet Gerhardus Carolus Nicolaas Renke

The town Schweizer-Reneke in North West, South Africa is named after Captain Constantine Schweizer and Field Cornet Gerhardus Carolus Nicolaas Renke (Reneke). Both men distinguished themselves and were among the ten soldiers killed while storming the stronghold of the Khoi Koi Koranna Khoe and their chief David Massouw on the nearby Mamusa Hill on 2 December 1885 during an action to put an end to cattle rustling in the area.

Marriage Register, Fauresmith: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C953-3QPT

Estate File Index: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-HS9Z-7

Estate File: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS92-CSG5-G

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Veldkornet Gerhardus Carolus Nicolaas Renke's Timeline

1836
1836
1865
August 13, 1865
1866
October 8, 1866
1868
August 5, 1868
1871
July 19, 1871
Wolmaransstad, Southern DC, North West, South Africa
July 19, 1871
1874
January 7, 1874
1876
November 16, 1876
1880
May 24, 1880