BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name: child 5 Bennet
Other Names:Bennett
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Winburg RC
Age died:23 days
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:broncho-pneumonia
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Notes:there should, perhaps, be another child added as this date of arrival cannot be correct - this child was born in camp probably
Unique ID:100760
Camp History
Name:Winburg RC
Date arrival:07/05/1901
Age departure:23 days
Date departure:17/08/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Dorset
District:Bethlehem
Name:Dorset
Town:Bethlehem
District:Bethlehem
Relationships
child 5 Bennet (Bennett)
      is the child of Mrs M Bennet (Bennett)
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.15
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:30/9/1901, p.448
Title:SRC 90 Winburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 90
Notes:p.57 and p.88


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.