BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Willem van den Berg
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:91855
Camp History
Name:Bloemfontein RC
Date arrival:4/7/1902
Name:Bethulie RC
Age arrival:13
Date arrival:17/06/1901
Age departure:14
Date departure:24/04/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Uitenhage RC
Name:Uitenhage RC
Age arrival:11
Date arrival:26/04/1902
Date departure:04/07/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Bloemfontein RC
Farm History
Name:Draaifontein
District:Bloemfontein
Status of Father
Type:pow
Notes:India; mother died in BRC [Bloemfontein RC?]
Relationships
Master Willem van den Berg
      is the adopted son of Mrs Catrina Eleanor Grobbelaar
Sources
Title:SRC 88 Uitenhage CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 88
Notes:p.023
Title:SRC 74 Bethulie CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 74
Notes:PG.116


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.