BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Emmerenzia Johester van Wyk
Other Names:E H [DBC 160]
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:single
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Unique ID:69615
Camp History
Name:Mafeking RC
Age arrival:17
Date arrival:02/04/1902
Date departure:13/06/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Kafferskr[aa]l, Zeerust
Tent number:T C
Name:Vryburg RC
Age arrival:18
Date arrival:14/12/1901
Date departure:28/03/1902
Tent number:344
Notes:Sent down for same reason as above (i.e. absconded from Mafeking, recaptured and sent to Vryburg. Undesirable.)
In fact, although recorded in Mafeking camp register, the movements do not correlate.
Farm History
Name:Kafferkraal / Kafferskraal
District:Marico
Name:Kafferkraal / Kafferskraal
District:Zeerust
Sources
Title:DBC 158 Mafeking CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Notes:p. 288
Title:DBC 160 Vryburg RC
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 036


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.