BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Willem Jacobus du Preez
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:blacksmith
Unique ID:61611
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:21
Date arrival:21/03/1902
Date departure:04/08/1902
Reason departure:returned home
Destination:Lydenburg Town (M'bg Town)
Tent number:1168
Notes:RT 1168
*
(Some link with RT 1167)
Farm History
Name:du Preez family
Town:Lydenburg
Notes:no property
Status
Type:surrendered; AB
Notes:sent in via Machadodorp with above family [Jacobus Martinus Prinsloo] with whom he was staying; surrendered 19/4/1901 & allowed to remain on farm Bergfontein on parole, D Schoeman Commdt, Lydenburg
Sources
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:1168
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:P 14


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.