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Served: Mooi Rivier.

ABO (Burg. P. G. van Aswegen). City Coins November 2007

Petrus van Aswegen served in the Mooi River Ward of the Potchefstroom Commando. He was in action at all of the initial battles on the Western Front: Mafeking, Twee Riviere (Modder River), Magersfontein and Koedoesrand. In addition he was at Paardeberg but managed to escape before Gen Cronje surrendered. He was taken PoW in the Bushveld north of Pretoria on 23 Oct 1900 and sent to Ceylon on board the S.S. Catalonia.

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ABO (Burg. P. G. van Aswegen.) e

P. G. van Aswegen served with the Mooi River Kommando from 11 October 1899 and was present at Mafeking, Magersfontein, and Paardeberg. He was captured on 22 October 1900, and was held as a Prisoner of War in Ceylon.

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Van Aswegen Family Footnotes from the Anglo-Boer War:

Before the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War in October 1899, the Mooi River Kommando assembled at Palmitfontein, a mustering site within the Lichtenburg district of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Transvaal). This location served as a strategic gathering point for burghers from the surrounding region, enabling swift mobilization under the decentralized commando system.

Among those assembled at Palmitfontein were Petrus Gerhardus van Aswegen, his father, and three of his uncles. Below is a summary of their service.

Uncle: Schalk Jacobus van Aswegen, Died in Service
4 September 1853 – 11 October 1899

Schalk Jacobus died on the very day war was declared, making him one of the earliest Boer casualties with one source placing his death at Palmitfontein.
(Ref: HPK - p198).

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Uncle: Willem Jacobus Van Aswegen, Killed in Action
13 November 1858 – 18 February 1900

KIA at Paardenburg on the 18th February 1900

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Images courtesy of “The Genealogical Society of SA (GSSA)”
Ref: graves.eggsa.org/freestate/Boshof_Rural/...eberg/f/PICT0126.JPG

Uncle: Petrus Gerhardus van Aswegen, POW
2 August 1848 – 15 September 1907
Captured: On His Farm 26 Apr 1900
Prisoner number: 5020
Sent to: South Africa
Age: 52
Source: Anglo Boer War Museum 2016

Father: Johannes Henning Van Aswegen, POW
Captured: Welverdiend 27 Aug 1900
Prisoner number: 11943
Sent to: St. Helena
Age: 50
Source: Anglo Boer War Museum 2016