BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902
Personal Details
Name:Mr James Benjamin Thom
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Nationality:Free State
Registration as head of family:Yes
Notes:

James Benjamin Thom (number 31234) was sent to Green Point POW camp, Cape Town.                Records that show James being sent to Winburg Camp from Green point before he went to India are confirmed by a small letter card (2) which he sent to his sister from Winburg camp on 12.8.1901. 


                James Benjamin was sent to India on the SS Aurania on or about 19.3.1902 (date from Ms. Wessels) and served his time at Bhimtal in Attarakhand.


                He signed an Oath of Allegiance to King Edward VII at Bhimtal on the 23.7.1902. (The war had ended officially on the 31st of May) and he left Bhim –Tal on 3.9.1902. (2) They travelled to the coast by train and boarded the ‘SS Sirsa’ at Bombay and landed at Delagoa Bay 4.10.1902. (His diary – 2)


 

Unique ID:152749
Camp History
Name:Winburg RC
Date departure:31/08/1900
Reason departure:sent away as prisoner of war
Destination:Green Point and India
Farm History
Name:Palmietfontein
District:Winburg
Sources
Title:Informants
Notes:

Email: 08/07/2013

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.