BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Dr Thomas Clifford Last
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Occupation:doctor
Notes:c. October 1900: Appointed district surgeon Hoopstadt
January 1901, doctor Brandfort camp

1/7/1902: Pratt Yule, MOH ORC to CSRC: Last, formerly MO at Brandfort RC, to be stationed at Brandfort; makes an offer of service for RC duty if he should be requred.

Medical Register, 1900, p.1797: Overseas: Dunedin, Beaufort West CC; MRCS, LRCP Lond 1898; LSA 1898; (St Geo); late Asst Med Regist St Geo Hospital.
Unique ID:25
Camp History
Name:Brandfort RC
Date departure:30/6/1901
Reason departure:returning to England
Sources
Title:MG 1 Incoming letters
Type:Incoming letters
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:1
Dates:May 1900-Feb 1901
Notes:2 Feb 1901, Report of DC Bloemfontein for January 1901
Title:MG 1 Incoming letters
Type:Incoming letters
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:1
Dates:May 1900-Feb 1901
Notes:2 Feb 1901, Report of DC Bloemfontein for January 1901
Title:SRC 42
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:42
Dates:June-July 1902
Notes:A1566, 1/7/1902: Pratt Yule, MOH ORC to CSRC and related correspondence
Title:SRC 08
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:08
Dates:June 1901
Notes:RC2424, May monthly report for Brandfort camp


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.