About this Record

This Prisoner of War record for Gerhardus Jacobus Oosthuizen was transcribed record from various documents held at the National Archives, South Africa, including arrest and shipping information from newspaper sources like De Zuid-Afrikaan.

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Personal Information
  • Names: Gerhardus Jacobus
  • Surname: Oosthuizen
  • From: Blaauwbank
  • Age:
Capture Information
  • Date Captured: 1900-02-27
  • Place Captured: Pieters Hill
Detention Information
  • Camp Detained: Diyatalawa
  • Country: Ceylon
  • Prisoner No: 172