BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Emil Cummings
Other Names:Kommes, Emil James
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:37820
Camp History
Name:Pietersburg RC
Age arrival:13
Date arrival:11/06/1901
Date departure:19/11/1901
Reason departure:Gone into town on rations
Destination:Pietersburg
Tent number:666
Name:Pietersburg RC
Age arrival:15
Date arrival:18/02/1902
Tent number:31
Farm History
Name:Sasieskraal
District:Louis Trichardt
Relationships
Master Emil Cummings (Kommes, Emil James)
      is the adopted son of Mrs Aletta Petronella van Rensburg
Sources
Title:DBC 87 Pietersburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 87
Notes:p.160
Title:DBC 89 Pietersburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 89
Dates:18/2/1902; 18/2/1902
Notes:p.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.