BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Lourens Jacobus Gustavus Bierman
Other Names:Beurman
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Unique ID:59237
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:27
Date arrival:20/09/1901
Date departure:19/09/1902
Reason departure:returned home
Destination:Kromfontein Farm
Tent number:529
Notes:RT 529
Farm History
Name:Kromfontein
District:Middelburg
Notes:no property
Status
Type:surrendered; AB, ABC
Notes:to o/c at Groot Olifantsrivier on 12 Sep 1901
Sources
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0529
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:B 07, B 22


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.