On the 2nd of May 1999, Wilma Young (nee Oram) and Vivian Statham (nee Bullwinkel), survivor of the Vyner Brooke tragedy in 1942, unveiled the Memorial to Banka Island Nurses located in Point Walter Reserve, Honour Avenue, Bicton, Melville, Western Australia.Glossy finish, 6x4 colour photograph of two women by a pond in a park. The woman on the left (Wilma Young) is seated, wearing a floral jacket where her medals and her name tag are attached to the left side. The second woman (Dorothy Venosta) standing next to her is wearing a white unbuttoned short sleeved shirt over a navy blue top.'2A' [left top corner, reverse, black ink] 'Wilma Oram Young / & / Dorothy Venosta / at the unveiling of the Memorial / to Banka Island Nurses, / POW & deceased, Pt Walter, Perth W.A. / 2.5.1999' [black ink on reverse]wilma elizabeth forster young (nee oram), dorothy myra janet venosta, bangka island, memorial

Biographical article on Mary Elizabeth Cuthbertson (killed on Bangka Island) of Ballarat and the upcoming exhibition of her wartime & personal effects at Soverign Hills Gold Museum. Article mentions Vivian Bullwinkel and her dedication to the nurses she survived in the massacre.Photocopy of a large newspaper clipping. Small photo in top right hand corner of an Army Nurse. Larger photo in bottom left corner of an assistant curator preparing a cape for exhibition. Large underlined title. The remaining page is divided into two small and two large columns of text.wwii, ww2, world war two, banka island, army nurse, mary elizabeth cuthbertson, ss vyner brooke

Year 12 student from Templestowe, Kate Carter's VCE essay in history about Vivian Bullwinkel. Includes her correspondence with Vivian Bullwinkel while undertaking the research for this assignment.One sided photocopies on creamy paper including 14 pages essay and research documents (correspondence with Vivian Bullwinkel, with Bruce Ruxton, books extracts). Page 1: Cover: Title of essay with content details: Author's name, Teacher, Length, Due date. Includes a small photograph of nurse V. Bullwinkel. Black & white front page of a high school student's assignment with student name and contact details in the top left, title of the assignment and other administrative details in a variety of fonts and sizes. Included on left left lower on the page is the photocopy of a black and white photograph of a woman captioned 'Vivian Bullwinkel Born 1915'. Page 2: Table of contents Page 3: I - Section A: Acknowledgments Page 4: II - Abstract Page 5: III - Introduction Pages 6 to 7: 1 - Section B - Short Essay Pages 8 to 12: 3 - Section C - Research Essay Page 13: 8 - Section D - Footnotes Page 14: 9 - Bibliography Typed letter from BC Ruxton to Kate Carter (18/01/1990) Handwritten letter from Vivian Bullwinkel to Kate Carter with typed Curriculum Vitae (3 pages) (30/06/1990) Typed letter from Kate Carter to Vivian Bullwinkel (05/07/1990) with 2 pages of questions Handwritten letter from Vivian Bullwinkel to Kate Carter answering the questions (8 pages) (17/07/1990) Typed letter from Kate Carter to Returned Nurses Solo Branch (30/07/1990) (2 copies) 1 page of copies of images from "Captives" 1 page of copies of drawings from "Mike Willsees Australians" Tenko Tenko! 1 page of sketches ("sent with my letter from Vivian") 1 page of sketches ("also sent to me by Vivian") 1 copy of article from Weekend Magazine 1988 "Key to history gets a new keeper" 2 pages of copies from "Captives" 1 page of copies from a diary extract 1 page with two copies of newspaper articles 'Kate Carter / [Personal information withheld]' [Top right corner written in blue ink]vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), kate carter, bruce ruxton, banka island, wwii, ww2, world war two

On the 2nd of May 1999, Wilma Young (nee Oram) and Vivian Statham (nee Bullwinkel), survivor of the Vyner Brooke tragedy in 1942, unveiled the Memorial to Bangka Island Nurses located in Point Walter Reserve, Honour Avenue, Bicton, Melville, Western Australia.Glossy finish, colour photograph of group of people sitting and standing by a pond in a park. There are two elderly women seated near the centre, a man is squatting in front of one of them, back to the photographer, there are others seated and standing around and in the background.'30A' [blue ink, reverse top left corner] 'Dedication of Memorial to / Bangka Island Nurses / Pt Walter' [blue ink, reverse, centre top] 'W.A.' [black ink, reverse, end of previous inscription] 'Vivian (Bullwinkel) / Statham / Wilma Young (Oram)' [blue ink, reverse, bottom 2/3, perpendicular to other inscriptions]wilma elizabeth forster young (nee oram), vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), ss vyner brooke, bangka island, memorial

Biographical article on Mary Elizabeth Cuthbertson (killed on Bangka Island) of Ballarat and the upcoming exhibition of her wartime & personal effects at Soverign Hills Gold Museum. Article mentions Vivian Bullwinkel and her dedication to the nurses she survived in the massacre.Large newspaper clipping with four columns of text and two black and white photographs in diagonal corners. Photo in top right hand corner a portrait of a young woman in army nursing uniform. Photo in bottom left hand corner of a woman cleaning a cape on a stand.'Ballarat Courier 7/9/85' [red ink along lower edge of page]wwii, world war two, ww2, bangka island, ss vyner brooke, mary elizabeth cuthbertson, vivian statham (nee bullwinkel)

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

Jim Kinnersly brought photo to Nurses Commemorative Service held at the Arch of Victory, Ballarat on Sunday, 16th February 2020. The Service was to remember all nurses who have served our country, and in particular Sr Beth Cuthbertson, WW11, who lost her life in the Banka Island Massacre. The 16th February is the anniversary of that Massacre which happened in 1942.Digital Copycuthbertson, 1929, 1930s, jim kinnersly, diphtheria, ww11, banka island

Hard Copiesww11, cuthbertson, banka, bangka, island, singleton, pow, newspaper, 1997, dedication, australian service nurses national memorial, canberra, 2000, vivian, statham, bullwinkel, survivor, banka island, massacre, doig, retirement, book, our war nurses, history, royal australian army nursing corps, 1902-1988, goodman,1988

Parts of articles relating Vivian Bullwinkel receiving an MBENewspaper clippings - incomplete - part 01 with words and partial title, part 02 with photo and caption, part 03 with text'AGE / 1/1/73'wwii, world war ii, world war two, vivian bullwinkel, banka island

This article is about Flo Syer, who as a nurse, served during World War 2 and was taken prisoner by the Japanese when the ship she was traveling on was sunk off Sumatra. Flo believes that women should also be remembered at Anzac Day services.A newspaper article clipped from a larger page with a large black and white photo of an older woman and three columns of text underneath'POW' [blue ink top right of page]ww2, wwll, pow, florence elizabeth syer, banka island

This article is about Vivian Statham (nee Bullwinkel), a former WW2 nurse and Japanese POW, accepting a RAAF flight to a memorial dedicated to the nurses who lost their lives due to the sinking of the Vyner Brooke.Newspaper article clipped from a larger page with four columns of text followed by a black and white photo of an older womanww2, wwll, banka island

This story explains Vivian Stratham's ongoing mistrust of the Japanese people and her concerns that the television drama being made about her her war service and time as a POW may be sensationalist as the production company making the film was not of her choosing.A newspaper clipping from a larger page with three columns of text with a black and white photo of the same woman on either side. In the left photo the woman has her hand on her chin and looks concerned, while in the right photo she is smiling.ww2, wwll, vivien stratham, vivian bullwinkel, banka island, singapore, roadshow, mike willesee, rachel ward, hector crawford productions, bicentenary

This story explains Vivian Bullwinkel's concerns around the television drama being made about her her war service and time as a Japanese POW. Vivian had promised her story to another production company, and is worried the company now working on the drama may be sensationalise the story and destroy the meaning and truth of one of the worst atrocities of the war. Matt Carroll, the executive producer of the production company, Roadshow, Coote and Carroll, was unaware Vivian had signed an exclusive contract with Crawford Production, after research by his company on the story had been completed. Newspaper clipping from a larger page with a black and white photo of a smiling older woman and four columns of textww2, wwll, mike willesee, vivian statham, royal adelaide hospital, adelaide, banka island, singapore, japanese, sumatra

The article documents Vivian Statham being recognised by the City of Melville Bicentennial Subcommittee of Ex-Service Associations. Vivian was asked to deliver a requiem at the following year's Anzac service, during which a clock tower would be dedicated to those who served in the war. The article is also biographical, detailing Vivian's experiences 45 years before as, while serving with the Australian Army Nursing Service, the ship she and other nurses were being evacuated on was sunk by the Japanese. Vivian was part of a group that survived to make it shore, where they and a group of English servicemen decided to give themselves up to the Japanese. She was one of twenty-one nurses who were then shot, along with the bayoneting of the English servicemen. Vivian survived but ultimately became a POW for the next three and a half years. After returning to Australia Vivian gave evidence at the War Crime Trials in Tokyo in 1946-47. More recently Vivian a member or representative of many organisations and keeps herself busy.A newspaper clipping with six columns of text and a black and white photo of an smiling older woman centred under the title and subtitleww2, wwll, banka island, japanese, sumatra, vivian bullwinkel, vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), 13th australian general hospital, johore bahru, singapore, vyner brooke, vyner brook

The farewell party for Col Annie Sage, retiring Matron-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) brought together principal matrons of every Army Command in Australia, as part of the 250 guests. Guests included nurses from many parts of Australia, as well as the Chief of the General Staff, Minister for the Army and the former Director-General of Army Medical Services. A brooch was presented to Miss Sage on behalf of friends in and out of the profession by the former Director-General, who said "Miss Sage was one of the most outstanding examples of leadership I have ever seen." Miss Sage also received telegrams from well wishers.. A newspaper clipping from a larger page, consisting of three columns of text next to a black and white photo of a group of women, one of which is presenting something to another.'NC3' [blue ink, top left, front of page] 'NC3' [blue ink, top right, back of page]annie moriah sage, sydney fairbairn rowell, josiah francis, samuel burston, harry crowe, vivien bullwinkel, banka island, g m taylor, c a fall, jean elsie ferguson, joan stevenson abbott, c a kestal, edith lydia shaw

Dr Rupert Goodman has spent three years writing his book, 'Our War Nurses', as a "memorial to some of those brave women who have helped in our war years". The book traces the history of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Crorps from 1902 and the Boer War to today. Dr Goodman met with three of the women who inspired the book, Wilma Young, Betty jeffrey and Margaret O'Bryan. In Februrary 142, a ship ferrying 65 Australian nurses from Singapore to Australia was bombed by the Japanese. Twelve nurses drowned, 21 were shot and the rest were taken prisoner.A newspaper clipping of three columns of text beneath a large black and white photo of three older women and an older man looking at an open book between them.wwii, ww2, world war two, our war nurses - the history of the royal australian army nursing corps 1902-1988, world war 2, world war one, world war 1, ww1, wwi, korea, vietnam, margaret anderson, wilma oram, vyner brooke, empire star, banka, banka island, pacific, pow, prisoner of war, returned nurses club, anzac house

Sister Berry Jeffrey conducted the dedication for a new memorial cairn on the Hamilton-Chatsworth Rd. It was planned as a more lasting mark to the Second World War's fallen servicemen and women than a plantation of trees dedicated by Sister Jeffery in 1955. The recent dedication came 36 years after the horror which was the basis for her widely-read book, White Coolies. The book retold the stories of the nurses who died when their ship was strafed with aerial fire, then sunk, and how some surviving this were lined up on a beach and shot, while still others became POWs.A newspaper article with a title, two columns of text and a black and white photo of an older woman wearing service medals, gesturing to a memorial plaque.wwii, world war 2, world war two, ww2, vyner brooke, banka, banka island, vivien bullwinkel, vivien stratham, java seas, japanese, woodhouse-nareeb rsl sub-branch, rsl, returned services league

Wilma Young and Betty Jeffery were at Anzac House to launch 'Our War Nurses', by Rupert Goodman. Together they survived three years in a POW camp during World War 2, after surviving the sinking of the Vyner Brooke in 1942. Of the 65 nurses on board only 24 made it home to Australia. Betty said while nursing discipline and friendship helped her survive the camp, life after they came home wasn't easy either. She spent two years in hospital to "get right again', then wrote her book, 'White Coolies' about her experiences. A newspaper clipping consisting of four columns of text and a title under a large black and white photo cropped close in on two older women's smiling faces.wwii, ww2, world war two, our war nurses - the history of the royal australian army nursing corps 1902-1988, world war 2, wilma oram, vyner brooke, empire star, banka island, prisoner of war, returned nurses club, anzac house, indonesia, collins st

Contains a two and a half page article on Matron Vivian Bullwinkel 'sole survivor of the Banka Massacre in 1942'. Yellow background overlaid by a large green vertical strip down the centre that contains a painted image of a military nurse. There is a wide horizontal yellow strip across the top of the page with the journal details printed in white text and two flags crossing in the centre. There is a thin horizontal strip across the bottom of the page with black text printed in it. On the back of the cover are two advertisements. The other four pages are pages 9 -12 of the journal and contain two columns of text running down each page.world war two, wwii, ww2, vivian bullwinkel, banka island, ss vyner brooke, prisoner of war

Biographical account of Vivian Bullwinkel with a photo of her proudly displaying the plaque she was presented with by the Lifetime Associates of Sydney in 1977 listing the names of the Australian Nurses that were with her in the POW camp.Newspaper clipping with two and a half columns of text below the heading and a large photo of a woman dsplaying a plaque on the right hand side.'WWII' [Handwritten in blue ink at the top of the clipping]wwii, ww2, world war two, banka island, army nurse, ss vyner brooke, vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), vivian bullwinkel, prisoner of war nurses

Wilma Young (nee Oram) and Vivian Statham (nee Bullwinkel), survivors of the Vyner Brooke tragedy in 1942, in Perth, Western Australia in May of 1989.Glossy finish, 4x6 colour photograph of two women, from left to right, Wilma Young (neé Oram) and Vivian Statham (neé Bullwinkel) standing in a park. In the background a man on a bike is reading one of the plaques along a long horizontal tree trunk; another man is looking at the women being photographed.'Bi-enniel [sic] General Meeting / Perth May / W.A. 1989 / Vivian Wilma / (Bullwinkel) (Oram) / Stratham [sic] Young' [blue ink on reverse of photo]wilma elizabeth forster young (nee oram), vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), ss vyner brooke, ww2, banka island

Betty Jeffrey and Vivian Bullwinkel lay at wreath at Edith Cavell Memorial on ANZAC Day 1950.Full two page article including a photograph of a wreath laying at a memorial. Pages 139 and 140 of a journal.anzac day 1950, wreath laying, betty jeffrey, vivian bullwinkel, edith cavell memorial, fall of singapore, banka island, centaur, australian nursing services

Illustrated book with light blue cover and black and white print. Also on front cover is a coloured photograph of a woman in Australian Army Uniform (Siter Vivian Bullwinkle) In the bakground ther is a map of Banka Island and a ship. Title and author's name are printed on front cover and spine. Summary of the book is printed on the back cover, along with a small photoraph and information about the author.non-fictionA biography about Vivivien Bullwinkel : the astonishing story of the courage, sacrifice and love of a young army nurse who became an Australian iconvivian bullwinkel, world war 1939-1945, prisoners of war

Vivian Bullwinkel, sole survivor of the 1942 Banka Island massacre. She began her nursing career in Hamilton, Victoria, before moving to the Jessie McPherson Hospital in Melbourne in 1940. She joined the Australian Army Nursing Service in September 1941 Seat in proximity to the Ballarat Prisoner of War MemorialVivian Bullwinkel, AO, MBE, ARRC, ED, FNM Her heroism, courage and humanitarian achievements are unique. Valued member of Soroptimist International Victoria Incvivian bullwinkel, memorial seat ballarat

Melville Civic Square saw an early Anzac service on [17 April 1988], as the square's civic clock tower was dedicated as a memorial to local residents who fought for Australia. The service included a requiem by Mrs Vivian Statham, the sole survivor of the Banka Island massacre.A newspaper clipping of a large black and white photo of an older woman smiling and holding a memorial wreath in front of a clock tower, above two small columns of text.' "The West Australian ' 18/4/88 ' [blue ink, along top]vivian bullwinkel, japanese, sumatra, jack howson, bicentennial authority, don ingersole

Story one - Horror Island The story retells the story of the Vyner Brooke bombing and the following massacre of twenty one nurses on a Banka Island beach. The Vyner Brooke was carrying almost 300 women, children and elderly men fleeing Singapore for Australia. On the ship were also 65 nurses from the 10th and 13th Australian General Hospital. A few days into their journey they were spotted by the Japanese and subsequently bombed, with three out of the 29 bombs dropped scoring direct hits. Only seventy people survived to make it to the nearby Banka Island. The smaller group, that included twenty two nurses, surrendered to the Japanese, who shot and bayoneted the men, then shot the nurses, with only one surviving. Wilma Young (pictured) was among the larger group who were luckier, only being taken prisoners. Story two - She saw her friends die around her... The only survivor of the Banka Island massacre, Vivian Bullwinkel (pictured), testified at the 1946 war crimes trial in Japan. Vivian gave evidence of the massacre, not for revenge, but for the sake of the twenty two nurses who died around her. A large folded newspaper page, folded to show, in the middle, a large title above the main story and associated black and photo, of an older woman holding a cat. At the top is a shorter, related story under a title, with a black and white photo of a woman in uniform, seated next to a man in uniform. wwii, ww2, world war two, pow, prisoner of war, wilma oram, empire star, british

Illustrated book. Front cover has a painting by Cynthia Breusch depicting two female figures carrying a container hanging from a pole on their shoulders. Behind them is a barbwire topped fence. The book title is printed over this painting in red and white ink. The author's name is printed in white below the title, and the publisher's mark is printed in black above the title. The Spine is cream in colour, with abbreviated title printed in red, author's surname and publishers mark printed in black. The back cover has a cream background, with quotes from two nurses and a summary of the book overprinted in blacknon-fictionExperiences of Australian Army nurses who were prisoners of the Japanese during World War twoworld war 1939-1945, australian army nurses, prisoners of war, military nursing, nurses

WWII historical significancePortrait of Vivian Bullwinkel AO, MBE (1915 - 2000)Vivian Bullwinkel, a Second World War army nursing sister, is best known as the sole survivor of the infamous Banka Island massacre, in which 21 of her colleagues were killed by Japanese troops. Her courage while a prisoner of the Japanese for over three and a half years exemplified the bravery of Australian women in war, and her distinguished postwar career was marked by many humanitarian achievements.

This article is a biographical article about Nell (Ellen) Allgrove (nee Hannah) published after her death. The article details significant events in her life including: joining the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps, surviving the sinking of the Vyner Brooke and becoming a Japanese POW; marrying and moving to Essex, England; her campaigning for adequate Australian pensions for nurses who had been interred; before returning to Banka Island for the unveiling of a memorial to the nurses who perished as a result of the Vyner Brooke sinking.A newspaper article clipped from a larger page with three columns of text and a centered black and white photo of a young woman in uniform.'Daily Telegraph / 10/11/93 / England' [blue ink top right of page]nell allgrove, ww2, wwll, nell hannah

The article details the war time recollections of Vivian Bullwinkel, sole survivor of the Japanese massacre of Australian nurses in 1942. The Australian Army nurses, with 200 civilians, were aboard the SS Vyner Brook when the Japanese bombed and sank the ship. After ten hours, twenty four nurses survived to make it ashore on Banka Island. The Japanese took them prisoner and then proceeded to shoot them all, after first bayoneting forty Bristish prisoners. Vivian was shot in the side and pretended she was dead. Vivian credits her initial survival to the duty she felt to a fellow survivor of the massacre, a British man. They then had to make the decision that giving themselves up to the Japanese was their best chance of survival. After threes years as a POW Vivian had lost alot of weight and seen many die, but she had continued to care for those that were her patients. More than 50 years later Vivian is to return to Banka Island as and honoured guest of Indonesia, to chose the site of of a memorial to her dead comrades. Vivian avoids talking in detail about her POW experiences but she does have strong views on selling Australian land to Japanese investors. The Japanese government had recently apologised for the atrocities they committed, but Vivian believes the apology was not specific enough. The first page of a magazine article including two columns of text and a colour reproduction of a painting of a woman in nurse's uniform, page one of two'N22' [blue ink, top right]ww2, wwii, red cross, frank statham, dutch east indies, anzac day