BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Willem Johannes Stephanus van der Merwe
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Brandfort RC
Age died:13 years 7 days
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric fever
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:99349
Camp History
Name:Brandfort RC
Age arrival:13
Date arrival:21/10/1901
Date departure:05/12/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Bloemhof
District:Ficksburg
Relationships
Master Willem Johannes Stephanus van der Merwe
      is the son of Mrs Maria Aletta van der Merwe (van der Linde)
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.186
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:20/12/1901, p.742
Title:SRC 76 Brandfort CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 76
Notes:p.523 (238)


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.