BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Johannes Mentjes
Other Names:J; Meintjes
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Bloemfontein RC
Age died:10 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:convulsions
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:50428
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Age arrival:9 months
Date arrival:01/08/1901
Age departure:10 months
Date departure:23/11/1901
Reason departure:Death
Farm History
Name:Roodebult / Roodebilt / Rooibilt
District:Bloemfontein
Relationships
Master Johannes Mentjes (J; Meintjes)
      is the son of Mrs Susanna Mentjes (S; Meintjes)
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.183
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:29/11/1901, p.687
Title:SRC 70 Bloemfontein CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 70
Notes:p.225


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.