BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Jacobus van der Westhuizen
Other Names:Jacobus Gerhardus
Date of birth:
Born in camp? No
Date death:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:148877
Camp History
Name:Standerton RC
Age arrival:17
Date arrival:24/05/1901
Age departure:18
Date departure:11/04/1902
Destination:Johannesburg
Tent number:RT 454, Tent Q/2; RT 417, O 3
Name:Standerton RC
Age arrival:13
Date arrival:05/10/1901
Date departure:22/08/1901
Reason departure:prisoner of war
Destination:Ladysmith
Farm History
Name:van der Westhuizen family
Town:Johannesburg
Name:Kaffirskraal
District:Heidelberg
Notes:1000 morgen
Status
Type:ABC, now prisoner-of-war
Notes:from Heidelberg
Relationships
Master Jacobus van der Westhuizen (Jacobus Gerhardus)
      is the brother of Mr Willem Hendrik van der Westhuizen (Westhuizen)
Sources
Title:DBC 96 Standerton CR
Notes:p.W 131
Title:DBC 95 Standerton CR
Notes:p.W 452
Title:DBC 98 Standerton CR
Notes:p.W 106


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.