Third column towards the bottom, death notice for Agnes Betty Jeffrey places by President and members of the Alfred Hospital Nurses League.Large newspaper page of mostly death notices and obituaries. Seven columns of small notices all headed with names in bold, some with logos also, right hand side divided into one, two and three columns as it progresses down the page with two black and white photographs.agnes betty jeffrey, death notice

Form completed about Agnes Betty Jeffrey relating to her training and military information as a member of [Returned Nurses Sub-branch of the RSL Victoria]. Original completed copied form with many headings that are completed in handwritten blue ink'A. G. JEFFREY.' [Blue ink on back of form in the middle]returned nurses club, returned nurses sub-branch rsl victoria, agnes betty jeffrey, training & military service

'Nursing a memory': Article giving brief accounts of the experiences of [Agnes] Betty Jeffrey, Vivian Statham (neé Bullwinkel), Wilma Young (neé Oram) and Jessie [Elizabeth] Hookway (neé Simons) around Banka Straits, the sinking of the Vyner Brooke and being Japanese Prisoners of War (POWs) during WWII. 'A tribute to Aussie courage': A brief explanatory article on story of the Japanese POW nurses in Muntok and Sumatra that has inspire a sub-committee of the Ex-Prisoners of War Association of Australia to fund raise and organise a memorial to these nurses.A large newspaper clipping consisting of two stories with titles and four columns of text each. The larger story also has two black and white photos, on of an older woman holding a book, and the other of two young women leaning in toward each otheragnes betty jeffrey, vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), wilma elizabeth forster young (nee oram), jessie elizabeth hookway (neé simons), ss vyner brooke, banka straits, wwii, ww2, world war two, japanese pows

Black paperback book with white and orange writing on cover and spine and colour photograph on front covernon-fiction'In 1942 a group of sixty-five Australian Army nursing sisters was evacuated from Malaya a few days before the fall of Singapore. Two days later their ship was bombed and sunk by the Japanese. Of the fifty-thre survivors who scrambled ashore, twenty-one were murdered and the remaining thirty-two taken prisoner. White Coolies is the engrossing record kept by one of the sisters, Betty Jeffrey, during the more than three gruelling years of imprisonment that followed. It is an amazing story of survival amid deprivation and the harshest of conditions. The women's ingenious and entertaining attempts ot make their lot more tolerable, and their comradeship as they suffered so much anguish, display their incredible endurance and strength in the face of adversity.' Back cover of bookworld war two, wwii, ww2, australian army nurses, agnes betty jeffrey, betty jeffrey, paradise road, bangka island

Article is about an exhibition in the Myer's Mural Hall of artefacts that WWII POW's made during their incaceration. Photocopy of part of an article with three columns of text, one small black and white photograph of an elderly lady and small sketch. Half page photocopy of part of a newspaper article with three columns of text, a small black and white photograph of a group of women in nurses uniforms and a sketch.wwii, world war two, ww2, vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), agnes betty jeffrey, pows, ernest edward (weary) dunlop, canon harry thorpe, jim simpson, roy thomson, r wright

A paperback book with a blue spine, red and tan cover with a sepia photograph of two women in nurses uniforms. Writing on cover and spine is in black, blue and white.fictionIn 1942 a group of Australian Army nursing sisters was evacuated from Malaya a few days before the fall of Singapore. Two days later their ship was bombed and sunk by the Japanese. Of the fifty-three survivors who scrambled ashore, twenty-one were murdered and the remainder taken prisoner. This engrossing record was kept by one of the surviving sisters, Betty Jeffrey, during the three-and-a-half gruelling years of imprisonment that followed. It is a grim story of deprivation and harsh conditions, but its darkness is relieved by the humorous incidents that somehow helped the women to preserve their sanity. Their ingenious and entertaining attempts to make their lot more tolerable, and their comradeship as they faced so much anguish leave the reader with enormous admiration for their endurance and strength. (Back cover)nursing in warfare, world war two, wwii, ww2, malaya, pacific theatre, japanese pow, agnes betty jeffrey, betty jeffrey, bangka island, vyner brooke

Small article on the memorial 44km east of Hamilton Victoria, to the nurses who were lost when the Vyner Brooke was sunk and the subsequent massacre of survivors on Banka Island during WWII. A new and previous memorials were dedicated by Vivian Statham (neé Bullwinkel) and Betty Jeffrey, both of who served in WWII, Vivian Statham being the only survivor of the Banka Island Massacre. Both Statham & Jeffrey were Japanese POWs together. There is a photo of the most recent memorial cairn below the article.Full half newspaper spread with multiple stories in black text, three advertisements and two black and white photographs.agnes betty jeffrey, vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), vyner brooke memorial, banka island massacre memorial, nurses memorial

Brief article with historic photographs of experiences of WWII prisoners of war. Photos include one of [Vivian] Bullwinkel and [Agnes Betty] Jeffrey with the uniform worn by Jeffrey in Singapore.A spread from the centre of a newspaper with many black and white photographs, captions and a small article with three columns. All photographs have people in them,wwii, ww2, world war two, prisoners of war

Article describes some of the horrors and situations nurses endured as prisoners of war under the Japanese on Bangka Island, Rabaul & Japan. Article includes many quotes and stories relayed by Vivian Bullwinkel, Daisy Cardin (Tootie) McPherson (neé Keast), Mavis Claudia Cullen, Iole Harper, Nesta Gwyneth Lewis James, Agnes Betty Jeffrey & Ada Corbett (Corbitt) (Mickey or Micky) Syer. Large newspaper page with a full page story consisting of five columns of text and a large, bold title beneath a large black and white group photo of forty six people, most in nurses uniforms'NC2' [circled, blue ink, middle left of page]prisoners of war, world war two, wwii, ww2, japanese pows

Illustrated book, with brown and green cover. On the front cover is one large and three small photographs Of women (the large photograph is of Vivian Bullwinkel, top right - Joyce Tweedle, centre -Myrtle Rose White, bottom right - Jeannie Gunn). Below these photos title (black, green and white ink) and author's name (white ink) are printed. Three of these photos are also on the spine (Vivian Bullwinkel, Joyce Tweedle & Jessie Gunn) above the phots the book title is printed in black and brown ink, and below the author's name, publisher's name and logo are printed in white ink. On the back cover is a summary of the book and a photograph of a woman (Myrtle Rose White. non-fictionProviding inspiration for contemporary women, this book profiles 21 individuals who faced different tests - harshness of the Australian outback, but when encountering adversity, even death, each proved her mettle, showing what it takes to be a truly heroic Australian. The 21 women are :- Georgiana Molloy, Frances ('Fanny') Bussell, Elizabeth ('Bessie') Bussell, Charlotte Cookworthy Bussell, Emma Mary Withnell, Atlanta Hope Bradshaw, Jeannie Gunn OBE, Evelyn Maunsell, Catherine Langloh Parker, Myrtle Rose White, Olive May Kelso King, Dr Agnes Elizabeth Lloyd Bennett, Dr Lilian Violet Cooper, Sister Alice Elizabeth Kitchen, Joice NanKivell Loch, Sister Sylvia Muir, Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, Sister Joyce Tweddell, Sister Betty Jeffrey, Mavis Parkinson, and Sister Frances May Hayman.women-biography, women-australian-biography