BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902
Personal Details
Name:Mr Marthinus Gerhard Eckhout
Other Names:Eekhout; Martinus Gerhard
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:126166
Camp History
Name:Irene RC
Age arrival:28
Date arrival:20/05/1901
Age departure:28
Date departure:27/09/1901
Reason departure:sent to
Destination:Pretoria
Tent number:RT 1274
Name:Merebank RC
Age arrival:28
Date arrival:22/10/1901
Date departure:11/09/1902
Reason departure:to
Destination:Johannesburg
Tent number:611 / 2528
Farm History
Name:Eckhout family
Town:Pretoria
Status
Type:ABC; taken oath of neutrality
Sources
Title:DBC 62 Irene CR
Type:DBC 62
Reference No.:DBC 62
Notes:p. E 03
Title:Informants
Notes:

Email, 03/07/2012. Informant states that \'Eekhout\' is the correct spelling of the surname.

Title:DBC 126 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 126
Notes:p. 212

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.