BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Sister Williamson
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:married
Nationality:British
Camp occupation:trained nurse
Notes:4/12/1902: Director Relief Works to CSRC: To go to new camp at Parys
Unique ID:18114
Camp History
Name:Bethulie RC
Date departure:19/11/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:relief camp
Date appointed (as staff):By 28/2/1902
Notes:14/11/1902: Director Relief Works to CSRC: asking about her.
19/11/1902: SRC Bethulie in reply: She is an exceptionally capable and experienced woman and as camp matron here does splendid work. She would be of the greatest assistance in a relief works camp, but I should be sorry to lose her services.
Sources
Title:SRC 46
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:46
Dates:Oct-Dec 1902
Notes:A2126: 14/11/1902: Director Relief Works to CSRC and related correspondence
Title:SRC 37
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:37
Dates:Feb 1902
Notes:A8121: 17/3/1902: Memo: CSRC re nurses from England
Title:SRC 46
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:46
Dates:Oct-Dec 1902
Notes:A2126: 14/11/1902: Director Relief Works to CSRC 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.