Personal Details Name: Master Richard Harding Other Names: Ruigerd Smits Born in camp? No Age died: Died in camp? No Gender: male Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: Free State Registration as child: Yes Unique ID: 115493 Camp History Name: Harrismith RC Age arrival: 14 Date arrival: 04/07/1901 Date departure: 08/02/1902 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Ladysmith RC Name: Ladysmith RC Age arrival: 13 Date arrival: 08/02/1902 Date departure: 15/08/1902 Reason departure: left camp Tent number: 244/476 Farm History Name: Uitkijk / Uitkuik Town: Reitz District: Bethlehem Relationships Master Richard Harding (Ruigerd Smits)       is the son of Mrs Johanna Phillipina Hendrina Harding (Johanna) Sources Title: SRC 80 Harrismith CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 80 Notes: p.32 Title: DBC 122 Ladysmith CR Type: Camp register Location: TAB Reference No.: DBC 122 Notes: p.159

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.