BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Johanna Wilhelmina Benecke
Other Names:Johannes Wilhelm
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Bloemfontein RC
Age died:15 years 4 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:dysentery
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:58164
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Age arrival:15
Date arrival:15/02/1901
Age departure:15
Date departure:12/04/1901
Date departure:12/1/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Makopo / Macopo / Malopo / Niokopa / Mocopa / Mokopo
Town:Moroka [Morrocco]
District:Thaba 'Nchu
Relationships
Miss Johanna Wilhelmina Benecke (Johannes Wilhelm)
      is the daughter of Mr Jasper Johannes Benecke (Jasper J; Beneke)
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.15
Title:SRC 05
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:05
Dates:Apr 1901
Notes:RC1341, Death list April 1901
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:26/4/1901, p.158
Title:SRC 70 Bloemfontein CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 70
Notes:100


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.