BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902
Personal Details
Name:Mr Burt Matthijs van der Westhuisen
Other Names:Burt Mattheus
Born in camp? No
Age died:76 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:senile decay
Gender:male
Race:white
Nationality:Free State
Occupation:farmer
Notes:

Death certificate provided by informant.

Unique ID:33622
Camp History
Name:Kroonstad RC
Farm History
Name:Armoedspruit
Town:Lindley
District:Kroonstad
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.342
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:18/4/1902, p.266
Title:Informants
Notes:Email: 02/05/2024

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.