BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr P Jonker
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:1569
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Date arrival:22/6/1901
Date departure:29/6/1901
Reason departure:to join family
Destination:Basutoland
Notes:22/6/1901, Jonker asks permission to join family in Basutolan; learns they are in a very low state and wishes to help them; surrendered in March 1900 and remained at home quiet & peaceful until 22/3/1901 when he was taken from home and brought to camp. Has not relations in camp to care for him.
21/6/1901: PMO, RC: certifying that he bears a good character and always well behaved well during the war, with which he would have nothing to do.
Sources
Title:SRC 09
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:09
Dates:June - July 1901
Notes:RC2955, 22/6/1901, P Jonker to CSRC and related correspondence


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.