Joachim Christoffel Fourie

Joachim Christoffel Fourie (Grahamstown, Cape Colony 1 February 1845 – Carolina, South Africa, 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.

Joachim Christoffel Fourie (1845-1900)
Personal details
Born(1845-02-01)1 February 1845
Grahamstown, Cape Colony
Died7 November 1900(1900-11-07) (aged 55)
Witkloof Farm, Carolina, South Africa. Killed in action in the Second Boer War.
NationalitySouth African Republic
Occupationfarmer, field cornet, combat general (Afrikaans: veggeneraal) and Assistant Commander-in-chief (Assistent Kommandant Generaal)
Military service
Allegiance South African Republic
Battles/wars
  • First Boer War (1880–1881)
  • Military campaigns against South African Natives
  • Second Boer War (1899–1902)

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.

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