BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Willem Albertus Botha
Other Names:W A
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Bloemfontein RC
Age died:3 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:diarrhoea
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:90754
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Age departure:3
Date departure:05/11/1901
Reason departure:death
Name:Bethulie RC
Age arrival:10
Date arrival:04/05/1901
Date departure:10/07/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Bloemfontein RC
Farm History
Name:Botha family
Town:Vredefort
Name:Botha family
Town:Reddersburg
District:Bloemfontein
Relationships
Master Willem Albertus Botha (W A)
      is the nephew of Mrs Johanna Marie Hendrina Botha
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.37
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:15/11/1901, p.652
Title:SRC 74 Bethulie CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 74
Notes:71


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.