Personal Details Name: Master Hermanus Egbert van Zyl Other Names: Hermanus Egbert Peter Born in camp? No Place of death: Bloemfontein RC Age died: 6 years Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: cancrum oris Gender: male Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: Free State Registration as child: Yes Unique ID: 105488 Camp History Name: Bloemfontein RC Age arrival: 5 Date arrival: 28/11/1901 Age departure: 6 Date departure: 20/03/1902 Reason departure: death Farm History Name: Langverwacht District: Wynberg Name: Twist Niet / Twistniet / Iriestrnet Town: Ventersburg District: Kroonstad Sources Title: SRC 02 Type: Correspondence Location: VAB Reference No.: 02 Dates: Feb 1901-7 Mar 1901 Notes: RC287 1/3/1901; 1/3/1901: Death notice sent to Orphan Chamber, Bloemfontein Title: RS 31 Cape & Natal DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 31 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.18 Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony Location: Notes: 28/3/1902, p.230 Title: SRC 71 Bloemfontein CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 71 Notes: p.20

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.