BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Thomas Spencer Bont
Other Names:Bowen
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Norvals Pont RC
Age died:1 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:pneumonia
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:40706
Camp History
Name:Norvals Pont RC
Age arrival:1
Date arrival:01/11/1900
Date departure:09/09/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Jagersfontein
District:Fauresmith
Name:Bont family
Town:Jagersfontein
District:Fauresmith
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.41
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:13/10/1901, p.496


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.