BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Gert Dirk Kotzee
Other Names:Coetsee
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Unique ID:1590
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Date departure:15/7/1901
Reason departure:to join family
Destination:Thaba 'Nchu
Notes:7/7/1901: MA Kotzee to Comdt, Thaba 'Nchu: regarding her husband, pow at Green Point, paroled to Bloemfontein RC, applying for him to join her in Thaba 'Nchu. He had surrendered freely in May 1900 and remained quietly on farm. He was taken when he went into Thaba 'Nchu with food supplies for her sister.
15/7/1901: permission granted.
Farm History
Name:Toba
District:Thaba 'Nchu
Sources
Title:SRC 10
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:10
Dates:July-Aug 1901
Notes:RC3374, 7/7/1901, MA Kotzee to Commandant, Thaba 'Nchu and related correspondence


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.