Personal Details Name: Dr H A Becker Type: Staff Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: male Race: white Nationality: Free State Occupation: doctor Camp occupation: doctor Notes: Formerly DS of Wepener. Said to have 'interested himself in politics considerably and is anti-British, in the extreme'. The only other doctor in Wepener, British, Dr Brock, had been deported for showing British sympathies. [MG 3-4, 18/8/1900] Unique ID: 57 Camp History Name: Bloemfontein RC Date appointed (as staff): By 31/5/1901 Sources Title: MG 3 & 4 Incoming letters Type: Incoming letters Location: Free State Archives Repository Reference No.: 3 & 4 Dates: June 1900-Feb 1901 Notes: 18 Aug 1900, Henry Pierce's intelligence report on Becker Title: A 2030 Ploeger Archive Type: Ploeger Archive Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: 67 Dates: 1900-1902 Notes: VAB: CO 43 2390/01: 12/6/1901: CSRC to Secy ORC Administration

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.