Individual Details

Johan Adam Roos

(22 Feb 1854 - )

Events

Birth22 Feb 1854Potchefstroom, South Africa
Baptism13 Sep 1856Potchefstroom, South Africa
Marriage8 Jun 1873Nazareth, Lydenburg, Transvaal, South Africa - Anna Maria Johanna Smit
Residence (family)Ca 1900Plaas Rooipoort, Middelburg, South Africa - Anna Maria Johanna Smit
MilitaryUntil 28 Feb 1902Was deel van S. Trichardt se kommando. - Middelburg
Aankoms by Konsentrasiekamp28 Feb 1902Hy het homself oorgegee. - Middelburg konsentrasiekamp, Middelburg, South Africa
Konsentrasiekamp verlaat11 Aug 1902Middelburg konsentrasiekamp, Middelburg, South Africa

Families

Notes

Military

Die "S. Trichardt " is vermoedelik Stephanus Trichard (Louis Trichardt se kleinseun), 1847-1907.

Lieutenant-Colonel Trichard and General Piet Joubert were opposed to the building of forts around Pretoria, and Trichard in the run-up to the Second Boer War advocated a more lenient policy towards England.[4][4] During the Second Boer War, he fought on the Natal front, where he was involved at Dundee and Ladysmith. Then he fell back with the Boers to the Orange Free State and was involved in the conflicts at Brandfort and later on at Donkerhoek in the ZAR.

At the battle of Dalmanutha in August 1900, he successfully demonstrated the State Artillery's capabilities,[4] but it would also ring their unit's death bell. The cannons' usefulness in the coming war phase had come to an end and they had to be systematically destroyed. The corps was divided into different units, and in October 1900 the Transvaal Executive Board had to declare Trichard's post redundant. However, retaining his rank, he led a division of the Middelburg commando until the end of the war.[4]

As a previously wealthy farmer from the Middelburg district, Colonel Trichard submitted a claim for damages after conclusion of peace. The £300 which was offered to him, he threw at the officer's feet.[5][5] His experiences during the Second Boer War he recorded in about 110 pages.

Endnotes

1. Kerkargiewe, Doop-, trou of afsterwe-inskrywing, , Digitale kopie of the original, privately held by Anrie, , (ook op Google Drive).

2. Kerkargiewe, Doop-, trou of afsterwe-inskrywing, , Digitale kopie of the original, privately held by Anrie, , (ook op Google Drive).

3. Familysearch.org, https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3A%22jan%20adam%22~%20%2Bsurname%3Aroos~%20%2Brecord_country%3A%22World%20(Miscellaneous)%22.

4. "BCCD," database, Ryna Boshoff, Murrary Gorman, Janie Grobler, et al., British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900-1902 (http://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/: accessed 31 October 2017), http://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/Person/88112/Mr_Johan_Adam_Roos/.

5. "BCCD," database, Ryna Boshoff, Murrary Gorman, Janie Grobler, et al., British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900-1902 (http://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/: accessed 31 October 2017), http://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/Person/88112/Mr_Johan_Adam_Roos/.

6. "BCCD," database, Ryna Boshoff, Murrary Gorman, Janie Grobler, et al., British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900-1902 (http://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/: accessed 31 October 2017), http://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/Person/88112/Mr_Johan_Adam_Roos/.

7. "BCCD," database, Ryna Boshoff, Murrary Gorman, Janie Grobler, et al., British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900-1902 (http://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/: accessed 31 October 2017), http://www2.lib.uct.ac.za/mss/bccd/Person/88112/Mr_Johan_Adam_Roos/.