BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name: David van der Merwe
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Notes:15/3/1901: 'a loyal man'; given permission to go to Bloemfontein to buy clothes for his family & others.
19/3/1901: permission granted
Unique ID:419
Camp History
Name:Vredefort Road RC
Date arrival:By 15/3/1901
Sources
Title:SRC 03
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:03
Dates:Mar 1901 RC497-779
Notes:RC657, 15/3/1901: Superintendent, Vredefort Rd to CSRC and reply, 19/3/1901


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.