BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Ms Elena Gertruida de Wet
Other Names:Helena Gertruida
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Springfontein RC
Age died:66 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:dysentery
Gender:female
Race:white
Nationality:Free State
Unique ID:33661
Camp History
Name:Springfontein RC
Farm History
Name:Donkerpoort
District:Wepener
Name:de Wet family
District:Cape Colony
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.343
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:14/2/1902, p.131


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.