BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Johannes Matthys van der Westhuizen
Other Names:Johannes Mathys; Van der Westhuis
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:83959
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:8
Date arrival:03/08/1901
Date arrival:transferred from 1161
Date departure:08/08/1902
Date departure:8/9/1902
Reason departure:gone to
Destination:Vlakfontein, Pretoria
Tent number:100; 193 [?]; 1161; 1217
Notes:Transferred from RT 1161
Name:Middelburg RC
Age arrival:7
Date arrival:16/05/1901
Date departure:03/08/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Balmoral RC
Tent number:II 472
Farm History
Name:Waterval
District:Middelburg
Name:Rooikopjes
District:Lichtenburg
Relationships
Master Johannes Matthys van der Westhuizen (Johannes Mathys; Van der Westhuis)
      is the son of Mr Jacob van der Westhuizen
      is the son of Mrs Jacob Jacobus van der Westhuizen (Jacob; Van der Westhuis (Surname))
Sources
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:W 01
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0100; 1217
Title:DBC 49 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 49
Notes:W 01
Title:DBC 83 Middelburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 83
Notes:p. 210


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.