Personal Details Name: Mrs Henrietta Esther Carolina Armstrong Maiden name: Oberholzer Type: Staff Date of birth: 18620221 Place of birth: Fauresmith Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: female Race: white Marital status: married Nationality: Transvaal Camp occupation: volunteer nurse Notes: Daughter of W Oberholzer and Anna Kieser; educated at Dames Instiuut Eunice. 8/4/1890 married John Edward Armstrong in Kimberley, who worked for various banks including, from 1/6/1895, ZAR Nasionale Bank. At one stage she ran a boarding house in Pretoria. The marriage was not a happy one and they separated at the beginning of the SA War. They were finally divorced 13/12/1907. p.7 Initially she worked as a field nurse in the ambulance of Dr Johan Balthasar Knobel, founder and vice-chairman of the Transvaalsche Roode Kruis, and was present at the Battle of Colenso on 15/12/1899. p.59 She was one of the first two nurses to work in Irene RC. Unique ID: 114738 Camp History Name: Irene RC Date arrival: 06/04/1901 Date departure: 11/10/1901 Reason departure: dismissed Destination: Pretoria Date appointed (as staff): 6/4/1901 Sources Title: Armstrong, Camp Diary

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