BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mr A Dyason
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:male
Race:white
Camp occupation:Camp Superintendent
Unique ID:1994
Camp History
Name:Heilbron RC
Age arrival:8/2/1902
Date arrival:02/11/1902
Name:Uitenhage RC
Notes:9/1/1902: CSRC to Dyason: Offering him position as SRC of one of RCs to be formed in Cape Colony, at £550 pa, rations and tent accommodation.
14/1/1902: Dyason in reply: Accepting offer.
21/1/1902: CSRC to Dyason: Offered appointment but camps will not be formed for another 2 months; Will probably be sent to East London, but may not be to his advantage to wait.
24/1/1902: ? Johannesburg to Goold Adams: Re Buchan's letter re Dyason. Admits he was not treated as well as he might have been and thinks we owe him some consideration.
18/12/1901: H Cloete, Alphen to Smuts: Asking that something be done for Dyason. Admitted as attorney, 1890, was deputy sheriff and JP in Humansdorp; practised in PE for 2 years, and Bulawayo for 3 years. Served for 5 months with Gorringe's Flying Column as a Lieut.
Name:East London RC
Date departure:22/8/1902
Reason departure:dismissed because no longer needed
Sources
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
Title:SRC 37
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:37
Dates:Feb 1902
Notes:A777: 8/2/1902: CSRC to A Dyason and related correspondence
Title:SRC 35
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:35
Dates:Dec 1901-Jan 1902
Notes:A564: 9/1/1902: CSRC to Dyason and related correspondence
Title:SRC 38
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:38
Notes:A886: Wagner, SRC Heilbron to CSRC
Title:SRC 42
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:42
Dates:June-July 1902
Notes:A1673: 22/7/1902: CSRC to Dyason


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.