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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Deborah '''HURCOMB''' was born in Montreal. | |||
==Nursing Service in the Boer War== | ==Nursing Service in the Boer War== | ||
Sister Deborah '''HURCOMB''' was sent by Canada to care for the sick and wounded during the Boer War.<ref>WO 100/225 QSA Medal Roll p223 created at The Irish Hospital, Pretoria; dated July 11, 1901</ref><ref>WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p66 created at No10 General Hospital, Norvals Pont; dated July 15, 1901</ref><ref>WO 100/287 QSA Medal Roll p265 created at Ottawa; dated December 3, 1902</ref><ref>The Times, December 19, 1900 p10b&10c</ref><ref>Nicholson, GWL (1975) Canada?s Nursing Sisters. AM Hakkert Ltd.</ref> | Sister Deborah '''HURCOMB''' was sent by Canada to care for the sick and wounded during the Boer War.<ref>WO 100/225 QSA Medal Roll p223 created at The Irish Hospital, Pretoria; dated July 11, 1901</ref><ref>WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p66 created at No10 General Hospital, Norvals Pont; dated July 15, 1901</ref><ref>WO 100/287 QSA Medal Roll p265 created at Ottawa; dated December 3, 1902</ref><ref>The Times, December 19, 1900 p10b&10c</ref><ref>Nicholson, GWL (1975) Canada?s Nursing Sisters. AM Hakkert Ltd.</ref> | ||
Sailed in the SS Laurentian January 21, 1900. The ''Roslin Castle'' left Cape Town for Halifax, N.S., December 13 with the following (on passage home). The ''Roslin Castle'' arrived Halifax January 1901. Sailed SS Corinthian January 28 1901 to Liverpool, then from Southampton on RMS Saxon, arriving Cape Town March 2, 1901. | Sailed in the ''SS Laurentian'' January 21, 1900. The ''Roslin Castle'' left Cape Town for Halifax, N.S., December 13 with the following (on passage home)... The ''Roslin Castle'' arrived Halifax January 1901. Sailed ''SS Corinthian'' January 28 1901 to Liverpool, then from Southampton on ''RMS Saxon'', arriving Cape Town March 2, 1901. | ||
Invalided home from 2nd tour. | Invalided home from 2nd tour. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Boer War | [[Category:Boer War]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:42, 11 May 2026
Biography
Deborah HURCOMB was born in Montreal.
Nursing Service in the Boer War
Sister Deborah HURCOMB was sent by Canada to care for the sick and wounded during the Boer War.[1][2][3][4][5]
Sailed in the SS Laurentian January 21, 1900. The Roslin Castle left Cape Town for Halifax, N.S., December 13 with the following (on passage home)... The Roslin Castle arrived Halifax January 1901. Sailed SS Corinthian January 28 1901 to Liverpool, then from Southampton on RMS Saxon, arriving Cape Town March 2, 1901.
Invalided home from 2nd tour.
References
- ↑ WO 100/225 QSA Medal Roll p223 created at The Irish Hospital, Pretoria; dated July 11, 1901
- ↑ WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p66 created at No10 General Hospital, Norvals Pont; dated July 15, 1901
- ↑ WO 100/287 QSA Medal Roll p265 created at Ottawa; dated December 3, 1902
- ↑ The Times, December 19, 1900 p10b&10c
- ↑ Nicholson, GWL (1975) Canada?s Nursing Sisters. AM Hakkert Ltd.
