BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Sister Jessie Ann Wood
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:British
Occupation:nurse
Camp occupation:trained nurse
Unique ID:596
Camp History
Name:Brandfort RC
Date departure:11/3/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Bethulie RC
Date appointed (as staff):By 31/5/1901
Name:Bethulie RC
Date arrival:11/3/1902
Notes:11/3/1902: Appointed as camp matron
Name:Uitenhage RC
Date departure:8/10/1902
Reason departure:dismissed because no longer needed
Destination:England
Sources
Title:SRC 04
Type:Correspondence
Location:VAB
Reference No.:04
Dates:Mar-Apr 1901
Notes:RC1101, 1/4/1901, Monthly report for Brandfort RC
Title:A 2030 Ploeger Archive
Type:Ploeger Archive
Location:National Archives, Pretoria
Reference No.:67
Dates:1900-1902
Notes:VAB: CO 43 2390/01: 12/6/1901: CSRC to Secy ORC Administration
Title:SRC 45
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:45
Dates:Sept-Oct 1902
Notes:A1996: 8/10/1902: CSRC to SRC Uitenhage and related correspondence
Title:SRC 38
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:38
Dates:Feb-Mar 1902
Notes:A968: 11/3/1902: CSRC to SRC Brandfort 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


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.