BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Willem Jan Hendrik Potgieter
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:37505
Camp History
Name:Pietersburg RC
Age arrival:67
Date arrival:27/06/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Colenso
Stock into camp:24 cattle
Tent number:833
Name:Colenso RC
Farm History
Name:Rietvlei
Town:Grootspelonken
District:Zoutpansberg
Notes:owns farm
Status
Type:surrendered
Notes:25/6/1901, Klipdam
Sources
Title:DBC 87 Pietersburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 87
Notes:p.144


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.