BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Coenraad L van der Merwe
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:113291
Camp History
Name:Belfast RC
Age arrival:19
Date arrival:19/08/1901
Reason departure:Joined Nat Scouts
Destination:Belfast
Tent number:256
Farm History
Name:Ida
District:Carolina
Sources
Title:DBC 57 Belfast CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Notes:p.057


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.