BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Gert Cornelis Smit
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:84806
Camp History
Name:Middelburg RC
Age arrival:13
Date arrival:02/06/1901
Date departure:10/09/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Belfast RC
Tent number:II 696
Name:Belfast RC
Age arrival:12
Date arrival:21/08/1901
Tent number:370
Farm History
Name:Uitkomst
District:Carolina
Relationships
Master Gert Cornelis Smit
      is the son of Mrs Breggie Elizabeth Susanna Smit (Mrs Gert Cornelis; Smith; Brekkie Elizabeth Susanna; Smit, Eliz B S)
Sources
Title:DBC 83 Middelburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 83
Notes:p. 246
Title:DBC 57 Belfast CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Notes:p.059


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.