BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master David van der Merwe
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:45476
Camp History
Name:Johannesburg RC
Age arrival:6
Date arrival:07/12/1900
Reason departure:not drawing rations
Tent number:RT 102
Farm History
Name:Alwyn Poort / Alwynspoort / Allewyn's Poort / Allewijnspoort / Allwynspoort / Alowynspoort
District:Heidelberg
Relationships
Master David van der Merwe
      is the son of Mrs Jeremiah J van der Merwe
Sources
Title:DBC 71 Johannesburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:71
Notes:p. 9


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.