British Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Personal Details
Name:Mrs Henrietta Esther Carolina Armstrong
Maiden name:Oberholzer
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