BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Barend Johannes Marthinus Vorster
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Camp occupation:on repatriation staff
Unique ID:62656
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:33
Date arrival:12/02/1902
Reason departure:on Repatriation Staff
Tent number:1040
Notes:RT 1040
Wife RT 184 F
Farm History
Name:Middelburg
District:Pretoria
Notes:no property
Status
Type:surrendered; AB, ABC
Notes:to o/c Balmoral 12/2/1902, A Prinsloo's commando, Pretoria
Sources
Title:DBC 46 Balmoral CR
Type:Index camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 46
Notes:V 15
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:1040


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.