BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Miss Maria Elizabeth Harreen Dürr
Other Names:Mary
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Camp occupation:volunteer nurse
Notes:Fourth child of Erich Johann Marty Dürr and Maria Elizabeth; sister of Mrs Susanna Jacoba Celliers, did not marry; she worked with the Belgian ambulance during the SA War but returned to Pretoria in 1901 and joined the Irene Vrijwillige Verpleegsters.
Unique ID:114754
Camp History
Name:Irene RC
Sources
Title:Armstrong, Camp Diary
Notes:p.9, 96


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.