BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Martha Maria Austin
Other Names:Austen, Martha Maria Magdalena Cornelia
Date of birth:18/06/1901
Place of birth:Irene CR
Born in camp? Yes
Date death:25/08/1901
Place of death:Irene CR
Age died:2 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:convulsions
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:124077
Camp History
Name:Irene RC
Date arrival:18/06/1901
Age departure:2 m
Date departure:28/08/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:RT 1470
Farm History
Name:Schoongezicht
District:Pretoria
Sources
Title:RS 25 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:25
Notes:p.5
Title:TKP 102 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:TKP 102
Dates:Jul-Dec 1901
Notes:11/9/1901, p.1361; 18/9/1901, p.1389
Title:RS 32 Final list
Type:Death register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 32
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.004, DA te Boekhorst, Newlands, Johannesburg
Title:Armstrong, Camp Diary
Notes:p.126
Title:DBC 62 Irene CR
Type:DBC 62
Reference No.:DBC 62
Notes:p. A 03


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.