BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master William Jacobus Botha
Date of birth:19010831
Place of birth:Johannesburg RC
Born in camp? Yes
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:135272
Camp History
Name:Johannesburg RC
Date arrival:31/08/1901
Date departure:11/11/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Merebank RC
Tent number:I47 / 1977
Name:Merebank RC
Farm History
Name:Botha family
Town:Johannesburg
Sources
Title:DBC 71 Johannesburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:71
Notes:p.152


Acknowledgments: The project was funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is not responsible for the contents of the database. The help of the following research assistants is gratefully acknowledged: Ryna Boshoff, Murray Gorman, Janie Grobler, Marelize Grobler, Luke Humby, Clare O’Reilly Jacomina Roose, Elsa Strydom, Mary van Blerk. Thanks also go to Peter Dennis for the design of the original database and to Dr Iain Smith, co-grantholder.