BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Petrus Adrian van der Merwe
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Norvals Pont RC
Age died:8 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:double pneumonia
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:44106
Camp History
Name:Norvals Pont RC
Age arrival:7
Date arrival:21/07/1901
Date departure:20/10/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Toeloop
District:Fauresmith
Name:Damfontein
District:Bloemfontein
Relationships
Master Petrus Adrian van der Merwe
      is the son of Mrs Susanna E van der Merwe (S E)
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.187
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:15/10/1901, p.596
Title:SRC 85 Norvals Pont CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:85
Notes:p.156


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.