BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Edward Chomsa
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:111232
Camp History
Name:Barberton RC
Age arrival:35
Date arrival:11/07/1901
Date departure:17/09/1902
Reason departure:Transferred
Destination:Middelburg RC
Tent number:464
Notes:Family already in camp
Name:Middelburg RC
Farm History
Name:Doorn Hoek / Doornhoek
District:Lydenburg
Notes:no property
Status
Notes:Surrendered 1 sep 1900 at Doornhoek - was at Greenpoint, Ladysmith and Middelburg
Sources
Title:DBC 54 Barberton CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 54
Notes:p.171


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.