h.2. Willem Marthinus Petrus, geb. 01/11/1874, ged. 07/03/1875, Oudtshoorn, oorl. 02/05/1902, kamp van die National Scouts, Heilbron x 19/10/1897, Oudtshoorn met Barbara Jacoba Catharina Elizabeth OOSTHUIZEN, geb. 28/03/1880, ged. 18/07/1880, Oudtshoorn, d.v. Jacobus Johannes Christiaan Oosthuizen en Anna Sophia de Beer.
Willem Marthinus Petrus was die seun van Johannes Hermanus van der Westhuizen en Susara Susanna de Wit.
Heilbron is die 19de
gemeente wat in die Vrystaatse Republiek gestig is. Heilbron is in Mei 1873 in sy geheel van die
gemeente Kroonstad afgestig. Die naam Heilbron staan in verband met die fontein
wat destyds baie sterk was (“Bron van Heil”).
(https://www.gemeentegeskiedenis.co.za/ng-gemeente-heilbron/)
Anglo Boere-oorlog:
The British Army also made use of Boer auxiliaries who had been persuaded to change sides and enlist as "National Scouts". Serving under the command of General Andries Cronjé, the National Scouts were despised as joiners but came to number a fifth of the fighting Afrikaners by the end of the War. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War)
Op 2 Mei 1902 sterf Willem Marthinus Petrus in die kamp van die National Scouts op Heilbron.
