Personal Details Name: Mr W Gostling Type: Staff Born in camp? No Place of death: Springfontein General Hospital Died in camp? No Cause of death: pneumonia Gender: male Race: white Occupation: camp commandant Unique ID: 74 Camp History Name: Springfontein RC Date appointed (as staff): 1/3/1901 Notes: 16/10/1901: A Lisle Webb to CSRC: 'Poor old Gostling is firghtfully bad double pneumonia & it is impossible to say whether he will pull through or not. I did not wire you his condition yesterday, because PMO General Hospital has done so. 17/10/1901: Superintendent, Springfontein to CSRC: reporting Gostling's death last night. Sources Title: SRC 02 Type: Correspondence Location: VAB Reference No.: 02 Dates: Feb 1901-7 Mar 1901 Notes: RC252 Title: SRC 15 Type: Correspondence Location: VAB Reference No.: 15 Dates: Oct-Nov 1901 Notes: RC5733, telegram, Superintendent, Springfontein to CSRC and related correspondence

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