BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Jan Marthinus du Plooy
Other Names:Jan Marthinus
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Harrismith RC
Age died:2 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:broncho-pneumonia
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:29926
Camp History
Name:Harrismith RC
Farm History
Name:Sandfontein / Zandfontein
District:Ficksburg
Name:Aanvang / Anvang
District:Wepener
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.236
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:220/12/1901, p.743


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.