BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Dr Hugh Fraser
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:single
Occupation:doctor
Camp occupation:doctor
Notes:21/6/1901: Letter of application: from Seymour, Stockenstrom: Saw ad in Lancet; offers his services. He is 29, single, graduated MB, CM, Aberdeen in 1893; have been in Cape for 3 1/2 years and can speak Dutch. Has been in Seymour for last 10 months as Acting DS in place of Dr Kotze who was ill but now recovered. Encloses testimonials.
Testimonials describe him variously as steady, hard working, well liked by his patients.

Medical Register, 1900, p.1441: Scotland: 173 Holburn St, Aberdeen; MB CM Aberdeen 1893; (University Aberd).
Unique ID:1571
Camp History
Name:Kimberley Native Refugee Camp
Other site:CSRC
Date appointed (as staff):27/6/1901
Notes:27/6/1901: CSRC emphasies the appointment of an unlicensed practitioner is purely temporary.
Sources
Title:SRC 09
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:09
Dates:June - July 1901
Notes:RC2985, 21/6/1901: Dr Hugh Fraser to CSRC and testimonials
Title:SRC 09
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:09
Dates:June - July 1901
Notes:RC2985, 21/6/1901: Dr Hugh Fraser to CSRC and testimonials


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.