BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Pieter Wilhelmus Smith
Other Names:Smit [DBC 76]
Born in camp? No
Date death:19020122
Age died:7 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:convulsions
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:18696
Camp History
Name:Klerksdorp RC
Age arrival:5 months
Date arrival:19/11/1901
Age departure:7 months
Date departure:23/01/1902
Reason departure:death
Tent number:RT 227 / 1705
Farm History
Name:Opraap / Opraapgty / Opramph
District:Potchefstroom
Relationships
Master Pieter Wilhelmus Smith (Smit [DBC 76])
      is the son of Mrs Maria Elizabeth F Smit
Sources
Title:RS 27 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 27
Notes:p.375
Title:TKP 103 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:TKP 103
Dates:vol. 193, Jan-June 1902
Notes:21/2/1902, p.212
Title:DBC 76 Klerksdorp
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. S-081


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.