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Comdt Gideon Scheepers is executed by a firing squad near Graaff-Reinet after being found guilty by a British military court on
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- 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
- 02Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, v. 2, p. 628.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, January 16). Comdt Gideon Scheepers is executed by a firing squad near Graaff-Reinet after being found guilty by a British military court on. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072721
South African History Online (2012) 'Comdt Gideon Scheepers is executed by a firing squad near Graaff-Reinet after being found guilty by a British military court on', South African History Online, 16 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072721 (Accessed: 30 July 2026).
South African History Online, Comdt Gideon Scheepers is executed by a firing squad near Graaff-Reinet after being found guilty by a British military court on [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072721, (accessed 30 July 2026).
"Comdt Gideon Scheepers is executed by a firing squad near Graaff-Reinet after being found guilty by a British military court on." South African History Online, 16 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072721. Accessed 30 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Comdt Gideon Scheepers is executed by a firing squad near Graaff-Reinet after being found guilty by a British military court on." South African History Online. January 16, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072721.
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