EMMETT – JOSEPH JAMES CHEERE

Born: 1866/01/19
Rank: GENERAL.
Regiment: VRYHEID COMMANDO
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Reason for death: DIED
Place of death: PRETORIA
Date of death: 1933/08/16
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Note:
JOSEPH EMMETT WAS A BROTHER OF LOUIS BOTHA’S WIFE, ANNIE.
HE IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST OFFICER, WITH HIS MEN, TO HAVE REACHED THE CAPTURED GUNS AT COLENSO. HE WAS, HIMSELF, CAPTURED ON 13TH MARCH 1902, BY SIR BRUCE HAMILTON’S FORCE.