BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Gert Daniel Droskie
Other Names:Drotsky; Drotschee
Date of birth:
Born in camp? No
Date death:22/12/1901
Place of death:Standerton RC
Age died:12 years 7 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:measles & marasmus
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:146592
Camp History
Name:Standerton RC
Age arrival:12
Date arrival:06/06/1901
Age departure:12
Date departure:22/12/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:RT 629, Tent EE/16
Farm History
Name:Vlakspruit / Flakspruit
District:Bethal
Name:Vlakfontein / Flakfontein
District:Ermelo
Relationships
Master Gert Daniel Droskie (Drotsky; Drotschee)
      is the son of Mrs Elza Magdalena Hendrina Droskie (Drotsky, Elsie Magdalena)
Sources
Title:RS 25 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:25
Notes:p.100
Title:TKP 103 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:TKP 103
Dates:vol. 193, Jan-June 1902
Notes:17/1/1902, p.62
Title:DBC 96 Standerton CR
Notes:p.D 027b


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.