BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name: baby Nel
Date of birth:
Born in camp? No
Date death:19011025
Place of death:Merebank RC
Died in camp? Yes
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:152737
Camp History
Name:Merebank RC
Age arrival:10 months
Date arrival:15/09/1901
Date departure:25/10/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:Family No 17
Farm History
Name:Rusfontein / Rustfontein
District:Bethal
Relationships
baby Nel
      is the child of Mrs Rachael Maghrita Susana K Nel (Rachael Margaret)
Sources
Title:DBC 127 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 127
Notes:p.060


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.