BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Gerhardus Martinus Smuts
Other Names:Gerhardes Martines
Born in camp? No
Age died:
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Registration as child:Yes
Unique ID:62160
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:13
Date arrival:10/12/1901
Date departure:15/02/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Merebank RC
Tent number:870
Notes:RT 870
Name:Merebank RC
Age arrival:14
Date arrival:20/02/1902
Date departure:10/07/1902
Destination:Volksrust
Tent number:176 / 683
Name:Jacobs Siding RC
Age arrival:14
Date arrival:20/02/1902
Date departure:25/11/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Balmoral
Tent number:176
Farm History
Name:Hartjiesfontein
Name:Vlakfontein
District:Middelburg
Relationships
Master Gerhardus Martinus Smuts (Gerhardes Martines)
      is the son of Mr Barend Jacobus Smuts
Sources
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:S 10
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:0870
Title:DBC 127 Merebank RC
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 127
Notes:p.344
Title:DBC 118 Jacobs Siding CR
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 23


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.