BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr Karel Nel
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:Free State
Unique ID:1674
Camp History
Name:Brandfort RC
Date departure:8/8/1901
Reason departure:allowed to join family
Destination:Worcester, Cape Colony
Notes:31/7/1901: Mrs McLachlan (née Nel) to CSRC: requesting her parents be allowed to join her; her father was too old to go on commando; they are both very sickly and unable to stand camp life.
8/8/1801: already gone
Relationships
Mr Karel Nel
      is the husband of Mrs Karel Nel
Sources
Title:SRC 10
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:10
Dates:July-Aug 1901
Notes:RC3850, 31/7/1901, Mrs D McLachlan to CSRC


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.