BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Petrus Philippus Potgieter
Born in camp? No
Date death:19011222
Place of death:Klerksdorp RC
Age died:81 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:diarrhoea
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:16103
Camp History
Name:Klerksdorp RC
Age arrival:81
Date arrival:31/05/1901
Date departure:23/12/1901
Reason departure:death
Stock into camp:taken by English
Tent number:RT 179 / 551
Farm History
Name:Matjespruit
Status
Type:ABC
Notes:son, Commandant Potgieter, still fighting
Relationships
Mr Petrus Philippus Potgieter
      is the husband of Mrs Pietronella Fredrika Potgieter
      is the Unknown of Miss Johanna van Tonder
Sources
Title:RS 26 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:26
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.301
Title:TKP 103 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:TKP 103
Dates:vol. 193, Jan-June 1902
Notes:17/1/1902, p.61
Title:DBC 75 Klerksdorp CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 75
Notes:p. P-146


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.