BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Sister Ruth Domled
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Camp occupation:nurse
Notes:23/11/1901: Sister Ruth Domled to CSRC?: Applying for post; had 3 years' thorough training as hospital nurse with long experience; well up in tropical diseases and general work. Just coming down via east coast from Govt Hospital, Rhodesia, to Port Elizabeth. Before that, worked under Prof Simpson, the plague expert at the medical examination rooms in CT until CT had clean bill of health.
26/12/1901: CSRC in reply: offering her a post at Springfontein camp at £10 per month.
Unique ID:17140
Camp History
Name:Springfontein RC
Sources
Title:SRC 34
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:34
Dates:Oct-Dec 1901
Notes:A384, Sister Ruth Domled 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.