JVC – Johannesburg Vrijwilliger Corps

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Lijst der leden (List of Members)

Staf van het Corps (Staff of the Corps)

• Commandant: Lt. Col. Staas Hubertus van Diggelen
• Kapitein-Adjudant (Captain, serving as Adjutant): Willem Anton Jacob van Diggelen
• Kapitein-Kwartiermeester¹ (Captain serving as Quartermaster): Myardus Adolfs 1st Luitnt(waarn)²
• 1ste Luitenant Regimentsbureau³ (1st Lieutenant, Regimental Office): F.L. Brostowski
• 2de Luitenant, Ordonnantie Officier (2nd Lieutenant serving as an Orderly Officer): C. van Dijk Mathey

Staf der Infanterie (Staff of the Infantry)

• Majoor (Major): Lenard Edward van Diggelen
• 1ste Luitenant Adjudant (1st Lieutenant serving as Adjutant): Edgardo Rossegger (Cap) da Trieste 2de Luitnt(waarn)
• 1ste Luitenant van Spesiale Dienste⁴ (1st Lieutenant for Special Services): Bernard de Rockstro Malraison
• 1ste Luitenant Kwartiermeester (1st Lieutenant Quartermaster): Siegfried van Lier
• 1ste Luitenant Kwartiermeester (1st Lieutenant Quartermaster): A. Ring (Sergeant-Tamboer)⁵

Staf der Cavalerie (Staff of the Cavalry)

• Majoor (Major): B. A. Hall
• 1ste Luitenant Adjudant (1st Leiutenant Adjutant): Edward Reuben Ochse
• 1ste Luitenant Kwartiermeester (1st Lieutenant Quartermaster): Pieter Johan Nicolaas Romswinkel van Os

FOOTNOTES:

1. In the 19th-century Dutch/Boer and European military system, a Kwartiermeester was not only responsible for supply, transport, housing, and provisions of the unit, but sometimes also combined with a staff role (logistics and administration for the regiment).
   When it is written as Kapitein-Kwartiermr., it means that the officer held the rank of Captain and was assigned the function of Quartermaster (i.e., Regimental Quartermaster Captain). ↩︎
2. Acting ↩︎
3. He was a first lieutenant assigned to regimental administration, essentially an administrative or adjutant’s officer. ↩︎
4. In Boer or Dutch volunteer corps, these officers often had flexible, Intelligence or reconnaissance, temporary, or sensitive duties, sometimes reporting directly to the commander. ↩︎
5. Drumming for signals in camp and on the battlefield (marching orders, assembly, etc.) ↩︎