BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Hermanus de Witt
Other Names:Hermanus Benjamin
Born in camp? No
Date death:13/06/1902
Place of death:Krugersdorp RC
Age died:5 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:cardiac failure
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:145142
Camp History
Name:Krugersdorp RC
Age arrival:5
Date arrival:03/03/1902
Age departure:5
Date departure:13/06/1902
Reason departure:death
Tent number:252
Farm History
Name:Sterkfontein
District:Krugersdorp
Name:de Witt family
Town:Burghershoop
District:Krugersdorp
Relationships
Master Hermanus de Witt (Hermanus Benjamin)
      is the son of Mr Ernst Hendrik de Witt
Sources
Title:RS 27 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 27
Notes:p.478
Title:TKP 104 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:TKP 104
Dates:Jul-Dec 1901
Notes:11/7/1902, p.1062
Title:DBC 79 Krugersdorp RC
Type:Camp register
Location:TAB
Reference No.:DBC 79
Notes:p.134b


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.