BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Machiel Frederik de Wit
Other Names:de Wet, Magiel Fredrik
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Middelburg RC
Age died:3 years
Died in camp? Yes
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:88808
Camp History
Name:Middelburg RC
Age arrival:3
Date arrival:24/09/1901
Reason departure:Death
Tent number:I 1722
Farm History
Name:de Wit family
Town:Belfast
District:Lydenburg
Name:de Wit family
Town:Middelburg
Relationships
Master Machiel Frederik de Wit (de Wet, Magiel Fredrik)
      is the son of Mrs Hester Elizabeth de Wit
Sources
Title:RS 27 Transvaal DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 27
Notes:p.475
Title:DBC 84 Middelburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 84
Notes:p. 499


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.