BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Hester Margaretha van der Walt
Other Names:van der Watt
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Brandfort RC
Age died:1 years 10 months
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:measles & diarrhoea
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Free State
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:95073
Camp History
Name:Brandfort RC
Age arrival:2
Date arrival:20/06/1901
Date departure:29/09/1901
Reason departure:death
Farm History
Name:Doornpoort
District:Hoopstad
Relationships
Miss Hester Margaretha van der Walt (van der Watt)
      is the daughter of Mrs Dorothea Cathrina van der Walt
Sources
Title:RS 30 ORC DL
Type:Death lists
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:RS 30
Origin:Goldman
Notes:p.337
Title:Government Gazette of the Orange River Colony
Location:
Notes:4/10/1901, p.543
Title:SRC 76 Brandfort CR
Type:Camp register
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:SRC 76
Notes:p.077


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.