BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Magdalena Petronella Elizabeth Coetzee
Other Names:Mrs Piet Benjamin
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:84302
Camp History
Name:Middelburg RC
Age arrival:28
Date arrival:25/05/1901
Date departure:18/04/1902
Destination:Wentworth
Tent number:II 628
Name:Jacobs Siding RC
Age arrival:30
Date arrival:23/04/1902
Date departure:28/10/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Middelburg
Tent number:786 / 5885
Farm History
Name:Coetzee family
Town:Middelburg
Status of Husband
Type:deported, POW
Notes:Petrus Benjamin
Relationships
Mrs Magdalena Petronella Elizabeth Coetzee (Mrs Piet Benjamin)
      is the mother of Master Martin Coetzee (Martiaan)
      is the mother of Master Gert Coetzee (Gerhardes Jacobus)
      is the mother of Master Piet Benjamin Coetzee (Petrus Benjamin)
      is the mother of Master Jan Coetzee (Jan Hendrick)
      is the mother of Master Frederik Coetzee (Frederick Willem)
      is the mother of Miss Cornelia Coetzee (Cornelia Gertruida)
Sources
Title:DBC 83 Middelburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 83
Notes:p. 225
Title:DBC 118 Jacobs Siding CR
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 101
Title:DBC 126 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 126
Notes:p. 135


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.