ORAM, Sarah Elizabeth
Superintendent Miss Sarah Elizabeth ORAM served in the Army Nursing Service. Enlistment: ANS 1 May 1886; Transferred to QAIMNS 17 Feb 1903.
Nursing Service before the Boer War
Superintendent ORAM is recorded in the following sources from this period:
Superintendent Miss Sarah Elizabeth ORAM served in the Army Nursing Service is recorded as Sister (Woolwich) in the 1891 Census.[1] Superintendent Miss Sarah Elizabeth ORAM served in the Army Nursing Service is recorded as Sister (Dover) in the Army List 1898 (ANS).[2]
Nursing Service in the Boer War
Superintendent Sarah Elizabeth ORAM served in Army Nursing Service, enlisting May 1, 1886/ May 8, 1899.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
The passenger list for the Kinfauns Castle includes the following: ? Superintendent Nursing Sister Oram, with 11 nursing sisters ? The Kinfauns Castle departed at 5:30 p.m. Saturday [January 20, 1900].
- ↑ 1891 Census
- ↑ Army List 1898 (ANS)
- ↑ WO 100/229 QSA Medal Roll p79 created at No13 General Hospital, Johannesburg; dated June 11, 1901
- ↑ Census: RG12/ 528 1891 The Herbert Hospital, Woolwich
- ↑ The London Gazette, September 10, 1901; p5958
- ↑ The London Gazette, September 27, 1901; p6324
- ↑ The London Gazette, May 26 1903, p3364
- ↑ Army List for March 1900
- ↑ Army List for November 1901
- ↑ Army List for 1902
- ↑ The Times, January 22, 1900 p10d&10c
- ↑ Nursing record & Hospital World, January 13, 1900, p34
- ↑ WO 100/353 KSA Medal Roll p7 created at Newcastle; dated February 28, 1903
Honours and Awards
MID (by Earl Roberts)
RRC
After Military Service
Appointed to QAIMNS as Matron 17th February 1903
