BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Roelof Jacobus Burger
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Middelburg RC
Age died:31 years 5 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric
Gender:male
Race:white
Nationality:Transvaal
Unique ID:83188
Camp History
Name:Middelburg RC
Age arrival:30
Date arrival:01/08/1901
Date departure:12/12/1901
Reason departure:Death
Tent number:I 1582
Farm History
Name:Goede Hoop / Goedehoop / Good Hope / Goodehope
District:Lydenburg
Status
Type:Surrendered
Notes:15 Sep 1900 at Spitzkop, Lydenburg
Sources
Title:RS 25 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:25
Notes:p.69
Title:TKP 103 Tvl Government Gazette
Type:Transvaal Government Gazette
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:TKP 103
Dates:vol. 193, Jan-June 1902
Notes:17/1/1902, p.63
Title:DBC 83 Middelburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 83
Notes:p. 176
Title:DBC 84 Middelburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 84
Notes:p. 25


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.