BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Diederik Johannes Steyn
Date of birth:19011121
Place of birth:Belfast RC
Born in camp? Yes
Place of death:Belfast RC
Age died:3 days
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:debility
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:114070
Camp History
Name:Belfast RC
Date arrival:21/11/1901
Date arrival:21/11/1901
Age departure:3 days
Date departure:24/11/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:573
Farm History
Name:Steyn / Steijn family
Town:Carolina
Relationships
Master Diederik Johannes Steyn
      is the child of Mrs Elizabeth Johanna Steyn (Steijn)
Sources
Title:RS 27 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 27
Notes:p.395
Title:TKP 103 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:TKP 103
Dates:vol. 193, Jan-June 1902
Notes:17/1/1902, p.64
Title:DBC 57 Belfast CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Notes:p.086, p.026


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.