BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Jacob Abraham Pretorius
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Unique ID:61422
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:19
Date arrival:23/02/1902
Date departure:28/06/1902
Date departure:25/6/1902
Reason departure:returned home
Destination:Driefontein Farm
Tent number:1075
Notes:RT 1075
Mother RT 711
Farm History
Name:Driefontein
District:Bethal
Notes:mother has share in farm
Status
Type:surrendered; AB, ABC
Notes:to o/c Brugspruit (20/2/1902), Fr Grobler commando, Bethal
Relationships
Mr Jacob Abraham Pretorius
      is the brother of Mr Johannes Christian Pretorius
Sources
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:P 08
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:1075


Acknowledgments: The project was funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is not responsible for the contents of the database. The help of the following research assistants is gratefully acknowledged: Ryna Boshoff, Murray Gorman, Janie Grobler, Marelize Grobler, Luke Humby, Clare O’Reilly Jacomina Roose, Elsa Strydom, Mary van Blerk. Thanks also go to Peter Dennis for the design of the original database and to Dr Iain Smith, co-grantholder.