Jopie Fourie

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Jopie Fourie was a South African Boer rebel and national figure executed during World War I for leading an armed uprising against the Union government.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Boer rebel
South African military officer
human
allegiance Boer rebels
Union Defence Force of South Africa NERFINISHED
associatedWith Afrikaner nationalism
Boer resistance to British and Union authority
causeOfDeath execution by firing squad
commemoratedBy Afrikaner nationalist movements
conflict armed rebellion against the Union of South Africa
countryOfCitizenship South Africa NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath Union of South Africa NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1878-08-27
dateOfDeath 1914-12-20
era early 20th century
ethnicGroup Afrikaner NERFINISHED
Boer
event court-martial and execution for treason in 1914
familyName Fourie NERFINISHED
givenName Jopie NERFINISHED
hasRelative Fourie family NERFINISHED
hasRole symbol of Afrikaner nationalism
historicalSignificance figure in early 20th-century South African political and military history
languageSpoken Afrikaans
Dutch
legalStatus convicted of treason by the Union government of South Africa
militaryBranch Union Defence Force NERFINISHED
militaryRank officer
notableFor being executed for treason by the Union government of South Africa
leading an armed uprising against the Union government of South Africa during World War I
occupation rebel leader
soldier
participatedIn Maritz Rebellion NERFINISHED
World War I NERFINISHED
partOf Afrikaner nationalist history
placeOfBirth South African Republic NERFINISHED
near Pretoria
placeOfDeath Pretoria NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
sexOrGender male
sideInConflict Boer rebels in the Maritz Rebellion

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