Personal Details Name: Master David Schalk van der Merwe Born in camp? No Place of death: Age died: Died in camp? No Gender: male Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: Cape Colony Unique ID: 374 Camp History Name: Vryburg RC Age arrival: 14 Date arrival: 01/07/1902 Date departure: 09/03/1902 Reason departure: absconded Tent number: 117 Farm History Name: Van der Merwe family Town: Taungs District: Vryburg Relationships Master David Schalk van der Merwe       is the son of Mr David Jacobus van der Merwe Sources Title: SRC 03 Type: Correspondence Location: VAB Reference No.: 03 Dates: Mar 1901 RC497-779 Notes: RC563, 14/3/1901, List of death notices sent to Orphan Chamber, Bloemfontein Title: DBC 160 Vryburg RC Type: Camp register Notes: p. 012

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.