Personal Details Name: Master Martin David van der Merwe Other Names: Martin David Jacobus Born in camp? No Place of death: Bloemfontein RC Age died: 6 days Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: pneumonia Gender: male Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: Free State Registration as child: Yes Unique ID: 28293 Camp History Name: Bloemfontein RC Farm History Name: van der Merwe family Town: Fauresmith Sources Title: RS 30 ORC DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: RS 30 Origin: Goldman Notes: p.188 Title: Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony Location: Notes: 15/11/1901, p.652

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.