| Personal Details |
| Name: | Sister Bakkes |
| Type: | Staff |
| Born in camp? |
No |
| Age died: | |
| Died in camp? |
No |
| Gender: | female |
| Race: | white |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Occupation: | nurse |
| Camp occupation: | nurse |
| Notes: | Previously head nurse of the People's Hospital, Pretoria [NAUK, CO CO 879/7/665, 8780 No 44, p.36, J. Chamberlain to A. Milner, 9 March 1901]. |
| Unique ID: | 1757 |
| Camp History |
| Name: | Winburg RC |
| Date departure: | 21/12/1902 |
| Reason departure: | dismissed because no longer needed |
| Destination: | Holland |
| Date appointed (as staff): | by 31/5/1901 |
| Notes: | 28/9/1901: Superintendent to CSRC, with recommendation of SMO, wants to appoint her as matron; proposed salary £180 pa. Points out she has practically been acting as such on a small scale for some time, without remuneration and has given great satisfaction.
1/10/1901: Reply, agreeing, salary to commence from start of soup kitchens
21/12/1902: wanting to return to Holland
6/10/1902: SMO Winburg to CSRC: Asks if Sr B could be kept until last. 'She has been far and away the best worker in this camp, and I should rather see all the other members of my staff dismissed before her.
24/12/1902: SRC Winburg to CSRC: Has received offer to take a patient back to Holland.
29/12/1902: SMO TH Molesworth to SRC Winburg: on request for confidential report on. I have nothing but praise for her work. In the early days of this camp she was quite alone, and the amount of work she got through was wonderful, besides she has worked in the camp now for nearly two years without leaving it for a single night. She has always shown great tact and fairness, and it has always been a pleasure for me to work with her. |
| Sources |
| 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 42 |
| Type: | Correspondence: appointments |
| Location: | VAB |
| Reference No.: | 42 |
| Dates: | June-July 1902 |
| Notes: | A1585: CSRC to SRC Winburg and related correspondence |
| Title: | SRC 14 |
| Type: | Correspondence |
| Location: | VAB |
| Reference No.: | 14 |
| Dates: | Sept-Oct 1901 |
| Notes: | RC5272, 26/9/1901, Superintendent, Winburg to CSRC and related correspondence |
| Title: | SRC 45 |
| Type: | Correspondence: appointments |
| Location: | VAB |
| Reference No.: | 45 |
| Dates: | Sept-Oct 1902 |
| Notes: | A2027: 14/10/1902: Cole Bowen, RM Winburg to Director of Relief Works and related correspondence |
| Title: | SRC 32 |
| Type: | Correspondence |
| Location: | VAB |
| Reference No.: | 32 |
| Dates: | Dec 1902-Feb 1903 |
| Notes: | RC10554, 21/12/1902, Dr Spong to CSRC |
| Title: | SRC 47 |
| Type: | Correspondence: appointments |
| Location: | VAB |
| Reference No.: | 47 |
| Dates: | Jan-Apr 1903 |
| Notes: | A2303: 24/12/1902: SRC Winburg to CSRC |
| Title: | SRC 47 |
| Type: | Correspondence: appointments |
| Location: | VAB |
| Reference No.: | 47 |
| Dates: | Jan-Apr 1903 |
| Notes: | A2303: 24/12/1902: SRC Winburg to CSRC |
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