BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Arie G van Niekerk
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:168103
Camp History
Name:Vryburg RC
Age arrival:10
Date arrival:December 1901
Tent number:362
Notes:from Mafeking. This boy got hurt under a wagon when his people were captured, his mother in this camp.
Farm History
Name:Oberholzerkloof / Oberholzerskloof
District:Zeerust
Sources
Title:DBC 160 Vryburg RC
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 039


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.