BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Dr Andries Christoffel Neethling
Type:Staff
Date of birth:18730706
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Durbanville, Cape
Died in camp? No
Camp occupation:doctor
Notes:Captured at Pietersburg in Apr 1901 and allowed, at his own request, to work at Irene RC [Armstrong, p.11].
Obtained his degree in 1898 at University of Edinburgh; when war broke out he went to the SAR as a member of the Sivewright Ambulance, serving under Het Transvaalsche Roodekruis until capture at Pietersburg.
10/6/1913 married Katharina Elizabeth Steyn.
After the war he practised at Durbanville until 1908, then at Calvinia until 1935.

He refused to remain in Irene RC after the Pretoria women were dismissed.
Unique ID:114744
Camp History
Name:Irene RC
Date departure:Oct 1901
Sources
Title:Armstrong, Camp Diary
Notes:p.11, 88, 122


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.