BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Jacobus Hermanus Burghers
Other Names:Burgers, Hermanus
Born in camp? No
Date death:11/10/1901
Place of death:Standerton RC
Age died:2 years 6 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:measles & pneumonia
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:151827
Camp History
Name:Harrismith RC
Age arrival:2
Date arrival:02/08/1901
Date departure:21/09/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Standerton RC
Name:Standerton RC
Age arrival:2
Date arrival:06/09/1901
Age departure:2
Date departure:11/10/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:RT 90
Farm History
Name:Bavaria
District:Vrede
Relationships
Master Jacobus Hermanus Burghers (Burgers, Hermanus )
      is the son of Mr Schalk Willem Benjamin Burgher (Burgers, Schalk Willem Bayman; Burghers)
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.51
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:10/1/1902, p.37
Title:SRC 80 Harrismith CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 80
Notes:p.46
Title:DBC 98 Standerton CR
Notes:p.B 005


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.