Personal Details Name: Mr Thomas Cumming Born in camp? No Place of death: Pietersburg RC Age died: 49 years Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: chronic bronchitis & cardiac failure Gender: male Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: British Occupation: lawyer Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 34926 Camp History Name: Pietersburg RC Age arrival: 53 Date arrival: 18/05/1901 Date departure: 23/07/1901 Reason departure: in town on rations; died 10/8/1901 Tent number: RT 469 Farm History Name: Broedersdraai Town: Houtbosch District: Zoutpansberg Name: Cumming family Town: Haenertsburg Sources Title: RS 25 Transvaal DL Type: Death lists Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: 25 Notes: p.91 Title: DBC 87 Pietersburg CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 87 Notes: p.20 Title: TKP 101 Tvl Government Gazette Type: Transvaal Government Gazette Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: 101 Dates: 1901 Notes: 28/8/1901, p.1322 Title: DBC 90 Pietersburg DR Type: Death register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 90 Dates: 11/5/1901- Notes: nos 265-276

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.