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My Grandfather, Johannes Lukas Groenewald Havenga, was a rebel in the Anglo Boer War and became a prisoner. My understanding is that he was a prisoner on the Van Der Byl farm in the Caledon/or Napier/or Bredarsdorp are.

I have not found any leads to him, or the farm etc.

Attached is a newspaper clipping of him (on the right in the picture) being interviewed by Captain Pearce the Intelligence Officer.

Can anyone help? I am doing family research

Sheila Callanan

Hi Sheila, welcome aboard. I had a quick look in the database of the Anglo-Boer War Museum in Bloemfontein but wasn't able to find any exact matches amongst the Rebels. There was a Lukas Harvenga for example which may well be him. If you haven't written to the museum already that might be an avenue to explore.
www.anglo-boer.co.za/

You could also try looking in the book "The Rebel Record South African War 1899 - 1902" by Taffy and David Shearing which lists all 15,433 known rebels.

Cheers,

Mark

Thanks for those leads I will follow them up.

Sheila