BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Dr Andrew J Gibson
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Occupation:doctor
Camp occupation:doctor
Unique ID:1991
Camp History
Name:Kroonstad RC
Date departure:15/03/1902
Date departure:15/3/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Orange River RC
Notes:3/3/1902: Gibson to CSRC: Asking if he will get a free passage to England after a year's service; by resigining as civil surgeon to work in camps, he forfeited this.
8/3/1902: Reply: No
8/3/1902: CSRC to SRC, Kroonstad: Offering Gibson post as PMO at Kabusie at £600 pa.
Name:Orange River RC
Date arrival:19/03/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Uitenhage
Notes:20/3/1902: Gibson to CSRC: thanking him for appointing him SMO Uitenhage. Apologises for delay in arriving at OR camp but it was not his fault. Explains circumstances

21/3/1902: CSRC to SRC, Orange River: To proceed immediately on the arrival of Dr King to East London to confer with Mr Mansergh as to the future medical arrangements of the Uitenhage RC. On his arrival he should report to Mr A Dyason, the superintendent of the RC at Deal's Hotel.
Sources
Title:SRC 38
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:38
Dates:Feb-Mar 1902
Notes:A942, 8/3/1902: CSRC to SRC, Kroonstad and related correspondence
Title:SRC 39
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:39
Dates:Mar-Apr 1902
Notes:A1031, 21/3/1902: CSRC to SRC, Orange River


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.