BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr John George Rosia Cairncross
Date of birth:
Born in camp? No
Date death:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Unique ID:146346
Camp History
Name:Standerton RC
Age arrival:25
Date arrival:14/05/1901
Date departure:26/07/1901
Destination:town S.S.
Tent number:RT 365, Rm/13
Farm History
Name:Wellous [unclear]
District:Vrede
Notes:600 morgen
Status
Type:ABC, formerly prisoner-of-war
Notes:Ladysmith
Relationships
Mr John George Rosia Cairncross
      is the son of Mr Thomas Cairncross
Sources
Title:DBC 96 Standerton CR
Notes:p.C 018


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.