Personal Details Name: Mr Jacobus Albertus van Zyl Born in camp? No Age died: Died in camp? No Gender: male Race: white Marital status: unknown Nationality: Transvaal Unique ID: 69646 Camp History Name: Mafeking RC Age arrival: 28 Date arrival: 01/07/1901 Date departure: 19/08/1901 Reason departure: joined column Farm History Name: Lichtenburg Notes: no land Name: Van Zyl family Town: Lichtenburg Notes: no land Status Type: ab abc Sources Title: DBC 158 Mafeking CR Type: Camp register Location: National Archives, Pretoria Notes: p. 291

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.