BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Johannes Wessels
Other Names:Jacobus Philip
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:116027
Camp History
Name:Harrismith RC
Age arrival:5
Date arrival:04/08/1901
Date departure:08/02/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Ladysmith RC
Name:Ladysmith RC
Age arrival:5
Date arrival:08/02/1902
Date departure:08/02/1902
Reason departure:left camp for farm
Destination:Spitzberg, Dist Estcourt
Tent number:230/791
Farm History
Name:Greyville
District:Harrismith
Relationships
Master Johannes Wessels (Jacobus Philip)
      is the son of Mrs Anna Wessels (Anna Maria Catharina)
Sources
Title:SRC 80 Harrismith CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 80
Notes:p.53
Title:DBC 123 Ladysmith CR
Type:Camp register
Location:TAB
Reference No.:DBC 123
Notes:p.110


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.