BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Sister Annie Champley
Type:Staff
Born in camp? No
Died in camp? No
Gender:female
Race:white
Marital status:single
Nationality:British
Camp occupation:hospital matron
Notes:12/3/1903: Sr A Champley in reply:
1. I was sent out by the Society of Friends in England for the express purpose of rendering service as a trained nurse in the RC.
2. I landed in CT on 30/1/1902.
3. I had to wait until telegrams were exchanged with officials in the ORC and was engaged for camp work on 7/2/1902, leaving for Vredefort Road a week after landing.
4. Total period of service in camps eleven and a half months as hospital matron.

For details of career see also McCalman
Unique ID:18243
Camp History
Name:Winburg RC
Age arrival:12/6/1902
Date departure:28/3/1903
Reason departure:dismissed because no longer needed
Destination:England
Notes:8/6/1902: PMO to SRC Vredefort Road. Recommends that Miss C go to Bloemfontein as the least useful.
14/6/1902: CSRC to SRC Winburg: to appoint Miss C as hospital matron
Name:Vredefort Road RC
Date arrival:03/01/1902
Date departure:12/6/1902
Reason departure:transferred
Destination:Winburg RC
Sources
Title:SRC 47
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:47
Dates:Jan-Apr 1903
Notes:A2466: Telegram: Comfort to RM Winburg and related correspondence
Title:SRC 38
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:38
Dates:Feb-Mar 1902
Notes:A938: 3/3/1902: SRC Vredefort Rd to CSRC
Title:SRC 41
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:41
Dates:May-June 1902
Notes:A1366: 27/5/1902: CSRC to SRC Vredefort Road and related correspondence
Title:SRC 47
Type:Correspondence: appointments
Location:VAB
Reference No.:47
Dates:Jan-Apr 1903
Notes:A2466: Telegram: Comfort to RM Winburg 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.