BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Pieter Jacobus van der Merwe
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:163554
Camp History
Name:Volksrust RC
Age arrival:8
Date arrival:26/07/1902
Date departure:26/08/1902
Destination:farm / Volksrust station
Tent number:C
Farm History
Name:Vlakpoort
District:Wakkerstroom
Name:Vlakpoort
District:MW Stroom
Relationships
Master Pieter Jacobus van der Merwe
      is the son of Mrs Gertruida Woutr van der Merwe (Gertruida Woutrina [DBC 107])
Sources
Title:DBC 105
Type:Volksrust Camp Register
Notes:p. M-085
Title:DBC 107 Volksrust camp register
Notes:p. M 370-1
Title:DBC 108 Volksrust RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Notes:p. 21


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.