BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Rudolph Martinus Brits
Other Names:Roedolph Marthinus
Born in camp? No
Date death:31/12/1901
Place of death:Heidelberg RC
Age died:9 months 15 days
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:whooping cough
Gender:male
Race:White
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:117292
Camp History
Name:Heidelberg RC
Age arrival:4 months
Date arrival:29/06/1901
Age departure:9 m
Date departure:31/12/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:492
Farm History
Name:Rietspruit / Reitspruit
District:Heidelberg
Name:Brits family
Town:Heidelberg
Relationships
Master Rudolph Martinus Brits (Roedolph Marthinus)
      is the son of Mrs Christian Pieter Brits (Petrus)
Sources
Title:RS 25 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:25
Notes:p.60
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:31/1/1902, p.108
Title:DBC 59 Heidelberg CR
Location:Transvaal
Notes:p.B 15
Title:DBC 60 Heidelberg CR
Location:Transvaal
Notes:p. 032


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.