1. Captain Daniel Johannes Stephanus Theron was a Boer military officer, teacher and lawyer best known for his service during the Second Boer War.
13 Facts About Daniel Theron
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Originally intending on become a schoolteacher, Theron instead became a lawyer and notary with his own law firm in Krugersdorp.
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Daniel Theron fought at the battles of Paardeberg and Spion Kop, where in response to his actions British commander Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts described Theron as "the hardest thorn in the flesh of the British advance" and placed a bounty of on his head.
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In 1900, Daniel Theron was killed in action in a skirmish against men of Marshall's Horse.
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Daniel Theron was the ninth of fifteen children of Charlise Helena Margaretha and Willem Wouter Daniel Theron.
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Daniel Theron began his career as a school teacher but later earned a law degree and started his own practice.
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Daniel Theron was able to move through terrain without being detected.
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Outnumbered and losing the battle, Daniel Theron, acting as a messenger for the other primary Boer commander, snuck through British lines to convey a plan for a breakout operation - and then snuck back through the lines to deliver Cronje's reply.
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Daniel Theron was, without doubt, one of the finest scouts the Boer nation produced.
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Daniel Theron repeatedly entered our lines and obtained most valuable information.
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On two occasions, while scouting in the veld in no-man's land, Daniel Theron came upon the British Army Chief of Scouts, the American Frederick Russell Burnham.
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The Danie Daniel Theron Medal was instituted by South Africa in 1970.
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Daniel Theron's great-great-niece, Charlize Theron, is an Academy Award-winning actress.