BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Farm Details
Name:Bankfontein / Banksfontein
District:Bethlehem
Notes:

Owner: J Beyers; burnt for harbouring Boers (outhouses only burnt) [Source: Cd 524, p.3]
Persons on Farm
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  1. Mr Hendrik Lodewijk van der Merwe Unique ID: 173987

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.