BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Piet van der Walt
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:1028
Camp History
Name:Bethulie RC
Age departure:89
Date departure:18/5/1901
Reason departure:see Notes
Destination:Burghersdorp, Cape Colony
Notes:18/5/1901: to proceed to farm Leeuwfontein, Burghersdorp, to live with son-in-law, Abraham Pelser; is 89 and in his dotage; no one to care for him in camp; too old and weak to live in tents.
Farm History
Name:Fouriespruitpoort
District:Bloemfontein
Relationships
Mr Piet van der Walt
      is the husband of Mrs Piet van der Walt
Sources
Title:SRC 07
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:07
Dates:May 1901
Notes:RC2053, 18/5/1901, Superintendent, Bethulie to CSRC and reply


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.