BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Jan Reek
Other Names:John
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:61774
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:12
Date arrival:07/08/1901
Date departure:29/11/1901
Date departure:27/11/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Howick RC
Tent number:614, 249
Notes:RT 614
Name:Howick RC
Age arrival:12
Date arrival:02/12/1901
Date departure:19/09/1902
Destination:Bronkhorstpruit
Tent number:612 [illegible]
Farm History
Name:Spitskop / Spitzkop
District:Pretoria
Notes:part of farm & 6 buildings
Name:Rietfontein / Reitfontein / Roetfontein
District:Pretoria
Name:Wildebeestfontein
District:Middelburg
Relationships
Master Jan Reek (John)
      is the son of Mrs Cornelius Reek
      is the adopted son of Mrs Johannes Paulus van den Berg
Sources
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0249, 0614
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:R 09, 14
Title:DBC 112 Howick RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Notes:p.053


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.