| Personal Details |
| Name: | Dr Leonard Guscotte Haydon |
| Other Names: | Hoyden |
| Type: | Staff |
| Born in camp? |
No |
| Died in camp? |
No |
| Gender: | male |
| Race: | white |
| Occupation: | doctor |
| Camp occupation: | doctor |
| Notes: | Medical Directory, 1903, p.1532: Overseas: Macarthur, Victoria, Australia; MB CM Aberd 1896; DPH 1897; (University Aberd); Civil Surg South African Field Force; late Plague Duty Bombay & Cape Town. |
| Unique ID: | 1972 |
| Camp History |
| Name: | Heilbron RC |
| Date departure: | 5/11/1901 |
| Reason departure: | transferred |
| Destination: | Middelburg RC |
| Notes: | 31/10/1901: Telegram, Refuge, Pretoria to CSRC: Asking if Dr Haydon can be transferred at the request of Dr Cocklinton at Middelburg; offers to find substitute.
5/11/1901: CSRC to SRC, Heilbron: agreeing reluctantly. Copies reply telegram: 'I sincerely trust you will do everything possible to discourage officials of mine trying to get into your service. If I refuse to consent to their going it makes them dissatisfied and you will easily understand how it must upset my arrangements officers leaving me when they are getting to understand their duties.'
9/12/1901: Wagner, SRC, Heilbron to CSRC: recommending Dr Haydon - has worked well since his arrival in Heilbron; expects to receive a permanent position under the Transvaal Administration, so it is hard upon him to bar his career. |
| Sources |
| Title: | SRC 34 |
| Type: | Correspondence: appointments |
| Location: | VAB |
| Reference No.: | 34 |
| Dates: | Oct-Dec 1901 |
| Notes: | A255, 31/10/1901: Telegram, Refuge, Pretoria to CSRC |
| Title: | SRC 35 |
| Type: | Correspondence: appointments |
| Location: | VAB |
| Reference No.: | 35 |
| Dates: | Dec 1901-Jan 1902 |
| Notes: | A439, 9/12/1901, SRC, Heilbron to CSRC and related correspondence |
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