BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Gerhardus Jac du Plessis
Other Names:Gerhardus Jacobus
Date of birth:
Born in camp? No
Date death:13/02/1902
Place of death:Standerton RC
Age died:4 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:convulsions
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:152416
Camp History
Name:Standerton RC
Age arrival:2 m
Date arrival:15/12/1901
Age departure:4 m
Date departure:13/02/1902
Reason departure:death
Tent number:RT 589
Farm History
Name:Langewacht / Langverwacht
District:Standerton
Name:Witbank
District:Standerton
Relationships
Master Gerhardus Jac du Plessis (Gerhardus Jacobus )
      is the son of Mrs Anna Maria Eliz Magh du Plessis (Anna Maria Eliz M)
Sources
Title:RS 26 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:26
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.293
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:14/3/1902, p.309
Title:DBC 98 Standerton CR
Notes:p.P 073


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.