BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Pieter Jansen van Rensburg du Plessis
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Kimberley RC
Age died:13 years
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:measles & pneumonia
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:74337
Camp History
Name:Kimberley RC
Age arrival:13
Date arrival:14/07/1901
Date departure:22/08/1901
Reason departure:death
Tent number:3054
Farm History
Name:du Plessis family
Town:Heidelberg
Name:Boschfontein / Bosefontein / Bosfontein
District:Hoopstad
Relationships
Master Pieter Jansen van Rensburg du Plessis
      is the son of Mrs Adriana Susannah du Plessis
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.232
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:30/8/1901, p.447
Title:SRC 83 Kimberley CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 83
Notes:p.031a


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.