BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Okkert Johannes Bekker
Other Names:Okker Johannes; Akker Johannes
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:142353
Camp History
Name:Krugersdorp RC
Age arrival:28
Date arrival:13/09/1901
Date departure:28/02/1902
Destination:Natal
Tent number:1084
Name:Jacobs Siding RC
Age arrival:28
Date arrival:03/03/1902
Date departure:01/10/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Irene
Tent number:421 / 1574
Name:Merebank RC
Age arrival:28
Date arrival:24/03/1902
Date departure:19/06/1902
Reason departure:to
Destination:Jacobs Siding RC
Tent number:2226 / 8561
Farm History
Name:Roodekoppies / Rooikoppies
District:Rustenburg
Notes:owner
Relationships
Mr Okkert Johannes Bekker (Okker Johannes; Akker Johannes)
      is the brother-in-law of Mrs Susanna G Eliz Bekker (Susanna Gertruida Elizabetha)
      is the uncle of Miss Susanna G Eliz Bekker (Susanna Gertruida)
      is the uncle of Master Pieter Bekker (Petrus Ignatius)
      is the uncle of Master Martinus Bekker (Martines Hermanes)
      is the Unknown of Master Pieter Ignatius Lourens Steenekamp (Petrus Ignatius)
      is the Unknown of Miss Cornelia J S Steenekamp (Cornelia Johanna)
      is the Unknown of Miss Mita P Steenekamp (Mieta Petronella)
Sources
Title:DBC 79 Krugersdorp RC
Type:Camp register
Location:TAB
Reference No.:DBC 79
Notes:p.090b
Title:DBC 118 Jacobs Siding CR
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 55
Title:DBC 126 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 126
Notes:p. 77
Title:DBC 126 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 126
Notes:p. 92


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.