BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Dr Fredrick Augustine Madden
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Place of death:Bethulie RC
Died in camp? Yes
Cause of death:enteric fever
Gender:male
Race:white
Nationality:British
Occupation:doctor
Notes:20/6/1902: effects sent to Orphan Chamber;
had a brother in Galway, Ireland

Medical Register, 1900, p.279: London: Address uncommunicated; LRCPI, LRCSI and LM Coombe Hospital, Dublin, 1892 (Cath University, TC and RCS, Dublin)
Unique ID:1925
Camp History
Name:Bethulie RC
Date departure:11/01/1902
Notes:20/1/1902: Superintendent, Bethulie to CSRC: Regrets death of Dr Madden. 'He was a man highly respected by everybody in the Camp, and his death is deeply regretted by all who came into contact with him in the performance of his duties.'

18/12/1901: SRC, Bethulie to CSRC: Dr Madden in hospital with enteric
Sources
Title:SRC 35
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:35
Dates:Dec 1901-Jan 1902
Notes:A446, 18/12/1901, SRC, Bethulie to CSRC
Title:SRC 25
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:25
Dates:June-July 1902
Notes:RC8790, 20/6/1902, Act Superintendent, Bethulie to CSRC and related correspondence
Title:SRC 34
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:34
Dates:Oct-Dec 1901
Notes:A399: 20/1/1902, Superintendent, Bethulie to CSRC and related correspondence


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.