Complex sentence: He passed through the Military Training School, at Bloemfontein and, at the beginning of August 1914, he was appointed with the rank Lieutenant Colonel in command of the Union border, in the direction of Kakamas and Upington.
Split into simpler sentences: He passed through the Military Training School, at Bloemfontein. At the beginning of August 1914 he was appointed, with the rank Lieutenant Colonel in command of the Union border in the direction of Kakamas and Upington.