Personal Details Name: Mr C H Bester Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: male Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Free State Occupation: bywoner Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 58832 Camp History Name: Aliwal North RC Age arrival: 70 Date arrival: 21/07/1901 Farm History Name: Elderley / Eldersley District: Wepener Status Type: no oath of neutrality Notes: never on commando; over age Relationships Mr C H Bester       is the husband of Mrs Bester       is the father of Miss Maria Elizabeth Bester Sources Title: SRC 69 Aliwal North CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 69 Notes: p.208

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.