BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Johannes Hendrik Vorster
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farmer
Unique ID:63144
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:34
Date arrival:27/05/1902
Date departure:01/07/1902
Reason departure:returned home
Destination:Roodepoort Farm
Tent number:1239
Notes:Wife RT 349 F
Farm History
Name:Rooipoort
District:Middelburg
Name:Vaalpan
District:Bethal
Notes:share of farm
Status
Type:surrendered
Notes:to o/c Balmoral 24/5/1902, Commdt P Trichaard, M'bg
Sources
Title:DBC 49 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 49
Notes:V 01


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.