BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902
Personal Details
Name:Master Gerrit Worst
Other Names:Gert [DBC 109]
Born in camp? No
Date death:19010923
Age died:5 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:asthenia
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Notes:

Father: Z Grost [?]

Unique ID:21978
Camp History
Name:Volksrust RC
Date departure:23/09/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Weltevrede / Weltevreden
District:MW Stroom
Sources
Title:RS 27 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 27
Notes:p.480
Title:TKP 102 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:TKP 102
Dates:Jul-Dec 1901
Notes:1/11/1901, p.1575
Title:DBC 109 Volksrust
Type:Death certificates
Notes:2-044

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.