BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Peter Hendrik Grobler
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:cattle farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:111823
Camp History
Name:Barberton RC
Age arrival:29
Date arrival:29/01/1902
Date departure:06/05/1902
Reason departure:to join intelligence
Tent number:664
Notes:He first left 30 Mar 1902 with wife and family but returned to hospital slightly injured in railway accident 20 minutes from camp.
Name:Middelburg RC
Date departure:29/01/1902
Date departure:29/1/1902
Reason departure:transferred to join family
Destination:Barberton RC
Farm History
Name:Kromkrans / Kromkrantz
District:Carolina
Notes:share of farm; 1 erf in Carolina
Status
Notes:Surrendered Wonderfontein 22 Jan 1902 from Carolina Commando, since commencement of the war.
Sources
Title:DBC 54 Barberton CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 54
Notes:p.219


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.