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Daniël Johannes Stephanus "Danie" Theron (9 May 1872 – 5 September 1900) was a Boer Army military leader and master scout. Born in Tulbagh, Cape Colony, he was 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 commandant in the Boer forces during the Second Anglo-Boer War. During the course of the war, he was put in charge of a significant scouting unit, Theron se Verkenningskorps (TVK) (Theron's Reconnaissance Corps). He fought at the Battle of Spion Kop and one of his most famous feats occurred at the Battle of Paa

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  • Daniël Johannes Stephanus "Danie" Theron (9 May 1872 – 5 September 1900) was a Boer Army military leader and master scout. Born in Tulbagh, Cape Colony, he was 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 commandant in the Boer forces during the Second Anglo-Boer War. During the course of the war, he was put in charge of a significant scouting unit, Theron se Verkenningskorps (TVK) (Theron's Reconnaissance Corps). He fought at the Battle of Spion Kop and one of his most famous feats occurred at the Battle of Paardeberg. 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. (en)
  • Daniel Johannes Stephanus Theron, dit Danie Theron, (9 mai 1872 - 5 septembre 1900) était un avocat et un chef militaire boer durant la Seconde Guerre des Boers. (fr)
  • Daniël Johannes Stephanus "Danie" Theron (Tulbagh, 9 mei 1872 - Gatsrand, 5 september 1900) was de kapitein van de fietsinfanterie van de Boeren tijdens de Tweede Boerenoorlog. Zijn eenheid specialiseerde zich vooral in militaire verkenning. (nl)
  • Даниэль Йоханнес Стефанус (Дани) Терон (африк. Daniël Johannes Stephanus (Danie) Theron; 9 мая 1872, — 5 сентября 1900, Гатсран, Трансвааль) — бурский офицер-разведчик, герой Второй англо-бурской войны. Двоюродный прадед актрисы Шарлиз Терон. (ru)
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  • (Theron Reconnaissance Corps),South African Republic
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  • 1872-05-09 (xsd:date)
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  • Daniël Johannes Stephanus Theron (en)
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  • Theron as Commandant of the Wielrijders Rapportgangers Corps, 1899 (en)
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  • , South African Republic (en)
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  • 1900-09-05 (xsd:date)
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  • Gatsrand, South African Republic (en)
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  • School teacher, lawyer (en)
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  • Daniel Theron (en)
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  • Danie (en)
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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. (en)
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  • 18991900 (xsd:integer)
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  • — Frederick Russell Burnham, Chief of Scouts for the British Army in the Second Boer War . (en)
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  • Daniel Johannes Stephanus Theron, dit Danie Theron, (9 mai 1872 - 5 septembre 1900) était un avocat et un chef militaire boer durant la Seconde Guerre des Boers. (fr)
  • Daniël Johannes Stephanus "Danie" Theron (Tulbagh, 9 mei 1872 - Gatsrand, 5 september 1900) was de kapitein van de fietsinfanterie van de Boeren tijdens de Tweede Boerenoorlog. Zijn eenheid specialiseerde zich vooral in militaire verkenning. (nl)
  • Даниэль Йоханнес Стефанус (Дани) Терон (африк. Daniël Johannes Stephanus (Danie) Theron; 9 мая 1872, — 5 сентября 1900, Гатсран, Трансвааль) — бурский офицер-разведчик, герой Второй англо-бурской войны. Двоюродный прадед актрисы Шарлиз Терон. (ru)
  • Daniël Johannes Stephanus "Danie" Theron (9 May 1872 – 5 September 1900) was a Boer Army military leader and master scout. Born in Tulbagh, Cape Colony, he was 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 commandant in the Boer forces during the Second Anglo-Boer War. During the course of the war, he was put in charge of a significant scouting unit, Theron se Verkenningskorps (TVK) (Theron's Reconnaissance Corps). He fought at the Battle of Spion Kop and one of his most famous feats occurred at the Battle of Paa (en)
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  • Daniel Theron (en)
  • Daniel Johannes Theron (fr)
  • Danie Theron (nl)
  • Терон, Дани (ru)
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  • Daniel Theron (en)
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