BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Dr J J Dunne
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Occupation:doctor
Camp occupation:doctor
Notes:24/6/1902: Telegram: RM Smithfield to Secy ORC Admn: Requires doctor for district. Recommends Dr Dunn Bethulie RC.
29/6/1902: PY, MOH to Col Secy: Recommends him as he has been of excellent service in the RCs.
Note on file: 26/6/1902: PY: Dr Dunne is a hardworking and conscientious man. I presume Dr Dunne understands that a waiting game will need to be played because of the scarcity of the population at Smithfield at the present time. I think he will prove eminently satisfactory in the post.
Unique ID:1953
Camp History
Name:Brandfort RC
Date arrival:06/02/1902
Date arrival:6/2/1902
Date departure:21/2/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Bethulie RC
Notes:7/2/1902: Dr Dunne employed at £450 in place of Dr Baron; left Cape Town 3/2/1902;
8/2/1902: From SRC: Arrived camp 6/2/1902

14/2/1902: Dunne to CSRC: Bringing the following facts to his notice. I was engaged in England as an MO at 25/- pd. On arriving here I found that my colleagues were receiving the higher rate of £500 pa. Now I resigned a hospital appointment in England to enable me to come to SA; my outfit cost over £30; and while on transport was not entitled to pay so lost 3 weeks' remuneration; in addition many incidental expenses. Asks for salary increase.
17/2/1902: Reply: Refuses. Will give him 15/- pd from date he landed in Cape Town to date of arrival in camp.
21/2/1902: CSRC to Secretary for Permits: Transferred to Bethulie
Name:Bethulie RC
Date arrival:23/02/1902
Date arrival:21/2/1902
Date departure:3/7/102
Reason departure:resigned: accepted appointment as DS Smithfield
Destination:Smithfield
Illness
Reason:neuralgia
Out patient:Yes
Notes:27/6/1902: Dunne, Bethulie to CSRC: Wants 4 days' leave to go to Bloemfontein to have his teeth seen to; has recently suffered much from facial neuralgia 2/7/1902: CSRC in reply: Leave granted.
Sources
Title:SRC 37
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:37
Dates:Feb 1902
Notes:A828, 14/2/1902: Dunne to CSRC and related correspondence
Title:SRC 38
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:38
Dates:Feb-Mar 1902
Notes:A868, 18/2/1902: SRC, Bethulie to CSRC and related correspondence
Title:SRC 42
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:42
Dates:June-July 1902
Notes:A1562, 3/7/1902: CSRC to SRC, Bethulie and related correspondence
Title:SRC 42
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:42
Dates:June-July 1902
Notes:A1562, 3/7/1902: CSRC to SRC, Bethulie and related correspondence
Title:SRC 58
Type:Appointments register
Location:VAB
Reference No.:58
Dates:Jan-May 1902
Notes:File 716, 7/2/1902 and later correspondence, Index p.25
Title:CO 74 Correspondence 1812/01-1900/01
Type:Secretary to the ORC Administration
Location:Free State Archives Repository
Reference No.:74
Notes:1899/02: 24/6/1902: Telegram: RM Smithfield to Secy ORC Admn 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.