BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Joachim Jacobus Gouws
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:Transvaal
Occupation:farrmer
Unique ID:84037
Camp History
Name:Balmoral RC
Age arrival:19
Date arrival:27/05/1902
Date departure:01/07/1902
Reason departure:returned home
Destination:Waterval Farm
Tent number:1227
Name:Middelburg RC
Age arrival:17
Date arrival:17/05/1901
Date departure:04/10/1901
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Balmoral RC
Tent number:II 473
Farm History
Name:Waterval
District:Middelburg
Notes:no property
Status
Type:on commando, later surrendered
Notes:to o/c Balmoral 24/5/1902. *
Relationships
Mr Joachim Jacobus Gouws
      is the son of Mr Ignatius Machiel Gouws
Sources
Title:DBC 49 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 49
Notes:G 01
Title:DBC 83 Middelburg CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 83
Notes:p. 214
Title:DBC 47 Balmoral CR
Type:Camp register
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:DBC 47
Notes:1227


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.