Personal Details Name: Sister Vickers Type: Staff Born in camp? No Died in camp? No Gender: female Race: white Camp occupation: army nursing sister Notes: 8/2/1902: CSRC to Mrs Thomson, Secy Burgher Camp Female Employment Socy: listed as 'undesirable', constitutionally weak Unique ID: 17192 Camp History Name: Bloemfontein RC Date appointed (as staff): By 30/12/1901 Notes: 30/12/1901: salary 5/- p month 20/1/1902: CSRC to Secy to PMO, Army, Bloemfontein: One of army sisters who volunteered for duty in RCs; found to be unsuitable for the rough work as suffers from asthma; wants her to return to her army duties. Sources Title: SRC 37 Type: Correspondence: appointments Location: VAB Reference No.: 37 Dates: Feb 1902 Notes: A754: 8/2/1902: CSRC to Mrs Thomson, Secy Burgher Camp Female Employment Socy Title: SRC 35 Type: Correspondence: appointments Location: VAB Reference No.: 35 Dates: Dec 1901-Jan 1902 Notes: A413, 30/12/1901, CSRC to SRC Bloemfontein Title: SRC 36 Type: Correspondence: appointments Location: VAB Reference No.: 36 Dates: Jan-Feb 1902 Notes: A631: 20/1/1902: CSRC to Secy to PMO 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.