Gabriel Bartholomeus Jacobus was die seun van Burgert Matthias van der Westhuizen en Hansie Hendrika Conradie.
Sy naam kom voor in hulle ma se sterfkennis van 1923.
Anglo Boere-oorlog:
The first sizable batch of
Boer prisoners of war taken by the British consisted of those captured at the
battle of Elandslaagte on 21 October 1899, which resulted in the capture of 188
Boer prisoners. No camps had been prepared and by arrangement with the Naval
authorities these prisoners (approximately 200 men) were temporarily housed on
the naval guard ship HMS Penelope in Simon's Bay. Several ships were used as
floating prisoner of war camps until permanent camps were established at
Greenpoint, Cape Town and Bellevue, Simonstown. The first prisoners were
accommodated in Bellevue on 28 February 1900. Wounded prisoners were sent to
the old Cape Garrison Artillery Barracks at Simonstown which had been converted
into the Palace hospital. The first wounded arrived on 2 November 1899.
Towards the end of 1900
with the first invasion of the Cape Colony the prisoners at Cape Town and
Simonstown were placed on board ships. At the end of December 1900 some 2550
men were placed on board the Kildonan Castle where they remained for six weeks
before they were removed to two other transports at Simons' bay.
The camp at Ladysmith,
Natal was in use from 20 December 1900 until January 1902. It was mainly used
as a staging camp although it had some 120 prisoners of war. Another staging
camp was also established at Umbilo in Natal.
As the number of prisoners
grew, for example at Paardeberg, the decision was taken to hold the prisoners
away from South Africa. Why overseas? There was nowhere that was suitable in
South Africa. There was the problems of transport, the possibility that
prisoners might be freed by their comrades and the burden of feeding the men.
Of the 28,000 Boer men captured as prisoners of war, 25,630 were sent overseas. (https://www.geni.com/projects/Anglo-Boere-Oorlog-Boer-War-1899-1902-Prisoners-Of-War/12770)
Prisoners of War
Surname
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VAN DER WESTHUIZEN
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Name
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GABRIEL BARTHOLOMEW JACOBUS
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Age
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14
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Address
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AREMOETSPRUIT
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District
|
VENTERSBURG
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Where Captured
|
AREMOETSPRUIT
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When Captured
|
1900/11/03
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Camp
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Onbekend
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Country
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Onbekend
|
Ship (To)
|
Onbekend
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Ship (Back)
|
|
POW Number
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15622
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