An article submitted to the Ex Prisoners of War & Relatives Association by Lex Arthurson, to be included in their newsletter. The article is an account of the trek to Bangka Island for the memorial ceremony for those that did not make it home. It was attended by returned nurses and family members of those killed or who died in the camps and the Japanese bombings of ships. The nurses all agreed "we survived because we helped each other and cared for each other".Three single-sided sheets of A4 paper with black type on each. There are margin line marks from where the pages were photocopied from a book.'H74' [handwritten in blue ink in the top left corner of first page]australian army nurses, wwii, ww2, world war two, australian prisoners of war, pows, vyner brooke, vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), bangka island memorial, memorial ceremonies, ellen mavis hannah, ellen mavis allgrove, joyce tweddell, jean ashton, wilma elizabeth forster oram