BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Willem Sternberg Schoombie
Other Names:Willem Sternberg Pretorius
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Unique ID:62157
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:21
Date arrival:09/12/1901
Date departure:25/01/1902
Date departure:28/1/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Middelburg RC
Tent number:866
Notes:RT 866
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Name:Middelburg RC
Age arrival:21
Date arrival:25/01/1902
Date arrival:date of departure from Balmoral RC
Farm History
Name:Schoombie family
Town:Steynsburg
District:Cape Colony
Notes:property
Status of Husband
Type:prisoner of war
Notes:self: came from Middelburg by APM's orders, 9/12/1901
Sources
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:S 10
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0866


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.