BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Gert Cornelis Viljoen
Other Names:Gert Cornelius
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:112245
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:13
Date arrival:07/09/1901
Date departure:16/10/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Howick RC
Tent number:468
Notes:RT 468
Name:Belfast RC
Age arrival:15
Date arrival:06/06/1902
Reason departure:transferred camp; possibly absconded
Destination:Balmoral RC
Tent number:64
Notes:transferred camp; possibly absconded - clearly did not
Name:Howick RC
Age arrival:13
Date arrival:19/10/1901
Date departure:21/08/1902
Destination:Machadodorp
Tent number:713
Farm History
Name:Zwagershoek / Zwaagershoek / Zwazershoek
District:Lydenburg
Relationships
Master Gert Cornelis Viljoen (Gert Cornelius)
      is the son of Mrs Maria Magdalena Viljoen (Mrs Christoffel Jacobus)
      is the son of Mr Christoffel Jacobus Viljoen
Sources
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:V 05
Title:DBC 57 Belfast CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Notes:p.010
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0465
Title:DBC 112 Howick RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Notes:p.132


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.