Joachim Christoffel Fourie
Joachim Christoffel Fourie (1845-1900) | |
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| Born | 1 February 1845 Grahamstown, Cape Colony |
| Died | 7 November 1900 (aged 55) Witkloof Farm, Carolina, South Africa. Killed in action in the Second Boer War. |
| Nationality | South African Republic |
| Occupation | farmer, field cornet, combat general (Afrikaans: veggeneraal) and Assistant Commander-in-chief (Assistent Kommandant Generaal) |
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| Allegiance | South African Republic |
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Joachim Christoffel Fourie (1 February 1845 – 7 November 1900) was an Anglo-Boer War Combat General (Afrikaans: Veggeneraal) and Assistant Commander-in-Chief (Assistent Kommandant Generaal) for the South African Republic. He should not be confused with his colleagues, the Second Boer War generals Christiaan Ernst Fourie (1858-1943) and Petrus "Piet" Johannes Fourie (1842-1916), and his son and namesake Joachim Christoffel Fourie (1877-1958), military commander of the Carolina Commando in the South West Africa campaign (1914-1915) in the First World War.