BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Nicholas Johannes Botha
Other Names:Nicholas; Nicolaas Johs
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Kimberley RC
Age died:2 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:measles & pneumonia
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Notes:Incorrectly recorded in sources as dying in Aliwal North RC
Unique ID:73877
Camp History
Name:Kimberley RC
Age arrival:1
Date arrival:25/05/1901
Age departure:2
Date departure:31/07/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:1316
Farm History
Name:Atbara
District:Boshof
Relationships
Master Nicholas Johannes Botha (Nicholas; Nicolaas Johs)
      is the son of Mrs Anna Cecilia Botha
Sources
Title:RS 29 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 29
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.33
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:9/8/1901, p.379
Title:SRC 83 Kimberley CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 83
Notes:p.006a


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.