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Daniël Johannes Stephanus "Danie" Theron, (9 May 1872 - 5 September 1900), was born in Tulbagh, Cape Colony, and raised in Bethlehem, Orange Free State. He is best known as the driving force behind the formation of a military bicycle corps used by the Boer Army for scouting and relaying messages. Originally trained as a school teacher, he became a lawyer and notary with his own law firm in Krugersdorp, Transvaal Republic, and was made a Captain in the Boer Army when the Second Boer War began. During the war, he was put in charge of a significant scouting unit, the Theron se Verkenningskorps (TVK) (Theron Reconnaissance Corps). He fought at the Battle of Paardeberg and one of his most famous feats occurred at the Battle of Spion Kop. The British Commander in Chief, Lord Roberts, called Ther

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  • Daniel Theron
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  • Daniël Johannes Stephanus "Danie" Theron, (9 May 1872 - 5 September 1900), was born in Tulbagh, Cape Colony, and raised in Bethlehem, Orange Free State. He is best known as the driving force behind the formation of a military bicycle corps used by the Boer Army for scouting and relaying messages. Originally trained as a school teacher, he became a lawyer and notary with his own law firm in Krugersdorp, Transvaal Republic, and was made a Captain in the Boer Army when the Second Boer War began. During the war, he was put in charge of a significant scouting unit, the Theron se Verkenningskorps (TVK) (Theron Reconnaissance Corps). He fought at the Battle of Paardeberg and one of his most famous feats occurred at the Battle of Spion Kop. The British Commander in Chief, Lord Roberts, called Ther
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  • Scout
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  • 1899(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1872-05-09(xsd:date)
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  • Theron se Verkenningskorps , South African Republic
death place
  • Gatsrand, South African Republic
Name
  • Danie Theron
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  • right
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  • Theron as Commandant of the Wielrijders Rapportgangers Corps, 1899
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  • 1(xsd:integer)
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  • 29(xsd:integer)
Birth Place
  • Tulbagh, Cape Colony
death date
  • 1900-09-05(xsd:date)
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  • #c6dbf7
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  • School teacher, lawyer
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  • — Frederick Russell Burnham, Chief of Scouts for the British Army in the Second Boer War .
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  • "He was, without doubt, one of the finest scouts the Boer nation produced. He repeatedly entered our lines and obtained most valuable information. Again and again he cut off our scouts and patrols, raided our stock, and did all manner of splendid military service for his people.''
Birth name
  • Daniël Johannes Stephanus Theron
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  • Daniël Johannes Stephanus "Danie" Theron, (9 May 1872 - 5 September 1900), was born in Tulbagh, Cape Colony, and raised in Bethlehem, Orange Free State. He is best known as the driving force behind the formation of a military bicycle corps used by the Boer Army for scouting and relaying messages. Originally trained as a school teacher, he became a lawyer and notary with his own law firm in Krugersdorp, Transvaal Republic, and was made a Captain in the Boer Army when the Second Boer War began. During the war, he was put in charge of a significant scouting unit, the Theron se Verkenningskorps (TVK) (Theron Reconnaissance Corps). He fought at the Battle of Paardeberg and one of his most famous feats occurred at the Battle of Spion Kop. The British Commander in Chief, Lord Roberts, called Theron: "the hardest thorn in the flesh of the British advance", put a reward of £1,000 on his head - dead or alive, and dispatched 4,000 soldiers to find and eliminate the TVK.
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