Personal Details Name: Mr Hendrik van der Merwe Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: male Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Free State Occupation: bywoner Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 116710 Camp History Name: Harrismith RC Age arrival: 72 Date arrival: 25/03/1902 Date departure: 01/04/1902 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Wentworth RC Age arrival: 72 Date arrival: 03/04/1902 Date departure: 25/06/1902 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Jacobs Siding RC Tent number: 285 Name: Jacobs Siding RC Age arrival: 72 Age arrival: 74 Date arrival: 25/06/1902 Date arrival: date of departure from Wentworth RC; 27/06/1902 Date departure: 01/10/1902 Reason departure: left for Destination: Volksrust Farm History Name: Rooirand / Rooirandt / Rooirant District: Vrede Notes: no landed property Sources Title: SRC 80 Harrismith CR Type: Camp register Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: SRC 80 Notes: p.92 Title: DBC 154 Wentworth CR Type: Camp register Location: TAB Reference No.: DBC 154 Notes: p.003 Title: DBC 119 Jacobs Siding RC Type: Camp register Notes: p. 3

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.