BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Pieter Martinus Erasmus
Other Names:R P
Born in camp? No
Date death:19010812
Place of death:Mafeking RC
Age died:4 years 9 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:pneumonia
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:64450
Camp History
Name:Mafeking RC
Age arrival:5
Date arrival:15/07/1901
Age departure:4
Date departure:12/08/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:T 382 C
Farm History
Name:Erasmus family
Town:Rustenburg
Name:Stinkhoutboom
District:Zeerust
Relationships
Master Pieter Martinus Erasmus (R P)
      is the son of Mrs Anna Wilhelmina Erasmus
Sources
Title:RS 25 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:25
Notes:p.114
Title:RS 25 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:25
Notes:p.114
Title:TKP 101 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:101
Dates:1901
Notes:18/9/1901, p.1380
Title:DBC 158 Mafeking CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Notes:p. 55


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.