BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Petrus Johannes van Wijk
Other Names:P; van Wyk
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Aliwal North RC
Age died:21 years 7 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Unique ID:55190
Camp History
Name:Aliwal North RC
Age arrival:17
Date arrival:08/05/1901
Date departure:23/03/1902
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Lichtenstein / Leichenstein
District:Rouxville
Relationships
Mr Petrus Johannes van Wijk (P; van Wyk)
      is the son of Mr W van Wijk
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.349
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:4/4/1902, p.240
Title:SRC 69 Aliwal North CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 69
Notes:140


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.