BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Gert Johannes Zackarius Hellerg
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Registration as head of family:Yes
Unique ID:36008
Camp History
Name:Pietersburg RC
Age arrival:48
Date arrival:11/06/1901
Date departure:26/12/1901
Reason departure:taken away as pow
Destination:Pretoria
Stock into camp:6 oxen
Tent number:603
Name:Pietersburg RC
Date arrival:18 feb 1902
Date departure:23/09/1902
Reason departure:1 MR
Destination:Marabastad
Tent number:776
Farm History
Name:Hollandsdrift
Town:Marabastad
District:Zoutpansberg
Notes:owns portion
Name:Rietfontein
Town:Marabastad
District:Zoutpansberg
Notes:owns farm
Name:Hellerg family
Town:Pietersburg
Notes:3 erven
Status
Type:surrendered
Notes:5/6/1901, Seruidi, Low country 26/12/1901: taken away as pow 18/2/1902: released at Pretoria
Relationships
Mr Gert Johannes Zackarius Hellerg
      is the father of Mr Johannes Zackarius Hellerg
      is the father of Philip Carl Hellerg
Sources
Title:DBC 87 Pietersburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 87
Notes:p.66


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.