BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Willem Adriaan Venter
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:158258
Camp History
Name:Klerksdorp RC
Age arrival:57
Date arrival:03/03/1901
Stock into camp:25 donkeys at Putsfontein, Dis Lichtenburg
Tent number:RT 112
Farm History
Name:Klipplaatdrift / Klipplaatsdrift
District:Potchefstroom
Notes:erven Potchefstroom & Lichtenburg, share of farm
Status
Type:AB, ABC
Notes:brothers-in-law, John & George McDonald, still fighting
Sources
Title:DBC 75 Klerksdorp CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 75
Notes:p. V-208


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.