BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Master Douw Gert Beard Steyn
Other Names:Steijn, Douw Gertbrand
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:83211
Camp History
Name:Middelburg RC
Age arrival:13
Date arrival:19/05/1901
Destination:Natal
Tent number:I 919
Name:Jacobs Siding RC
Age arrival:13
Date arrival:20/03/1902
Date departure:28/11/1902
Reason departure:left for
Destination:Belfast
Tent number:655
Farm History
Name:Waterfall / Waterval
District:Lydenburg
Relationships
Master Douw Gert Beard Steyn (Steijn, Douw Gertbrand)
      is the son of Mr Johannes Christoffel Steyn (Steijn)
Sources
Title:DBC 83 Middelburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 83
Notes:p. 177
Title:DBC 118 Jacobs Siding CR
Type:Camp register
Notes:p. 86


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.