[3] She left the Infirmary in 1900[1] during the Second Boer War to serve as matron of the Edinburgh South-East of Scotland Hospital that had been relocated to South Africa.
[3] On completion of her assignment in South Africa she resumed her role at the Royal Infirmary for a time before being asked to return to the country as matron of a concentration camp in the Orange River Colony,[3] for which she received the Royal Red Cross[3] in October 1901.
[citation needed] She was also instrumental in establishing the Scottish board of the College of Nursing, which held its first meeting on 1 November 1916 at 122 George Street, Edinburgh.
[9] In the 1919 New Year Honours, Gill was awarded a bar to the Royal Red Cross in recognition of her service during World War I.
[citation needed] Bergljot Larsson spent time at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh with Miss Gill from 1908 to 1911.