BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr William David Austin
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:store assistant
Unique ID:70229
Camp History
Name:Barberton RC
Age arrival:18
Date arrival:17/05/1901
Date departure:27 June
Destination:town
Tent number:T 126
Notes:Transferred from Ladysmith Camp
Farm History
Name:Austin family
Town:Lydenburg
Notes:nil
Status
Type:POW
Notes:Ladysmith list 12845
Sources
Title:DBC 54 Barberton CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 54
Notes:p.075


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.