Personal Details Name: Master Johannes Lessing Other Names: John Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: male Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: Transvaal Registration as child: Yes Unique ID: 82108 Camp History Name: Middelburg RC Age arrival: 12 Date arrival: 18/05/1901 Date departure: 27/06/1901 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Belfast RC Tent number: I 938 Name: Belfast RC Age arrival: 12 Date arrival: 29/06/1901 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Pretoria RC Tent number: 206 Farm History Name: Lessing family Town: Belfast Relationships Master Johannes Lessing (John)       is the son of Mr Jan Hendrik Lessing (Johannes H K)       is the son of Mrs Magdal Gertruida Lessing (Mrs Jan Hendrik) Sources Title: DBC 83 Middelburg CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 83 Notes: p. 130 Title: DBC 57 Belfast CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Notes: p.034

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.