Personal Details Name: Mr Diederik Johannes van der Merwe Other Names: Diederick Johannes Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: male Race: white Marital status: widowed Nationality: Free State Occupation: grain farmer Registration as head of family: Yes Unique ID: 60918 Camp History Name: Balmoral RC Age arrival: 52 Date arrival: 26/08/1901 Date departure: 25/11/1901 Date departure: 25/9/1901 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Barberton RC Tent number: 425 Notes: RT 425 Name: Johannesburg RC Age arrival: 52 Date arrival: 04/07/1902 Date arrival: date of departure from Barberton RC Name: Barberton RC Age arrival: 52 Date arrival: 02/10/1901 Date arrival: 25/11/1901 Date departure: 04/07/1902 Reason departure: transferred Destination: Johannesburg RC Tent number: 631 Notes: Has come to this camp to join his children. Farm History Name: van der Merwe family District: Parys ORC Notes: no property Status Type: Surrendered Notes: came in & surrendere to to o/c Brugspruit 26/8/1901 Sources Title: DBC 46 Balmoral CR Type: Index camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 46 Notes: M 07 Title: DBC 47 Balmoral CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 47 Notes: 0425 Title: DBC 54 Barberton CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 54 Notes: p.209

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.