BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Petrus Benjamin van Schalkwyk
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:British subject
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:165318
Camp History
Name:Volksrust RC
Age arrival:4
Age arrival:5 [DBC 107]
Date arrival:date not given
Date departure:22/12/1902
Destination:Tweefontein
Tent number:C 31
Farm History
Name:Van Schalkwyk family
Town:Piggs Peak
District:Swaziland
Name:Tweefontein
District:Wakkerstroom
Relationships
Master Petrus Benjamin van Schalkwyk
      is the son of Mrs Elsie Cornelia S M van Schalkwyk
Sources
Title:DBC 105
Type:Volksrust Camp Register
Notes:p. S-138
Title:DBC 107 Volksrust camp register
Notes:p. S 744-5


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.