BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Willem Dessel
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:133986
Camp History
Name:Johannesburg RC
Age arrival:21
Date arrival:14/06/1901
Date departure:01/02/1902
Reason departure:taken CID
Tent number:RT 1578
Farm History
Name:Dessel family
Town:Johannesburg
Status
Type:ABC
Sources
Title:DBC 71 Johannesburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:71
Notes:p.121


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.