BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Frans Hendrik Wessels
Born in camp? No
Date death:19020418
Place of death:Klerksdorp RC
Age died:
Died in camp? Yes
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:46457
Camp History
Name:Johannesburg RC
Age arrival:14
Date arrival:15/12/1900
Date departure:29/05/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Klerksdorp RC
Tent number:RT 567; T J14
Name:Klerksdorp RC
Age arrival:14
Date arrival:29/05/1901
Date departure:18/04/1902
Reason departure:death
Tent number:RT 511
Farm History
Name:Wessels family
Town:Klerksdorp
Relationships
Master Frans Hendrik Wessels
      is the son of Mrs Aletta Gertruida Wessels (Mrs Jan Wessels)
Sources
Title:DBC 71 Johannesburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:71
Notes:p. 45
Title:DBC 75 Klerksdorp CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 75
Notes:p. W-220


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.