A personal account of the dedication and unveiling ceremony of the memorial for the WWII nurses from the SS Vyner Brooke. The memorial is located at Point Walter, Bicton, Perth (Western Australia), on May 2nd 1999. The account was written by Wilma Young (nee Oram).Typed account on white A4 paper. The first page contains three lines of type in the centre of the page. The remaining pages contain multiple paragraphs of type covering each page.world war two, ww2, wwii, ss vyner brooke, vyner brooke memorial, sister vivian bullwinkel, wilma young [oram], prisoners of war, war memorials australia

Double article about seven former Australian nurses return to Bangka Island, Indonesia for the dedication of a memorial to their comrades from aboard the SS Vyner Brooke that was bombed and sunk.A double sided page from a colour newspaper featuring three headlines, two colour photographs of people and two columns of text. The photograph relating to this record has a group of mostly older women sitting and standing on sand with three men in military uniform.[asterix drawn in black ink at top of page in the middle]wwii, world war 2, world war two, wwll, australian army nursing service, aans, bangka island, ss vyner brooke, nurses memorial, jean ashton, carrie jean ashton, florence elizabeth trotter, florence elizabeth syer, janet patteson gunther, pat darling, janet patteson darling, ellen mavis hannah, mavis allgrove, ellen mavis allgrove, vivian bullwinkel, vivian statham, wilma elizabeth forster oram, wilma elizabeth forster young, joyce tweddell

Article about Vivian Bullwinkel and six other former nurses who survived the sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke and imprisonment as POW's returning to Bangka Island, Indonesia to for a commemoration ceremony. Article also features fellow survivor Betty Jeffrey being unable to attend.Three column article plus fourth column portrait photograph. Photograph captioned 'Betty Jeffrey'. Article written by Phil Skeggs.'SUN/HERALD 4.2.'93' 'NC2'wwii, world war two, bangka island, ss vyner brooke, vivian bullwinkel, vivian statham, betty jeffrey

Article and photograph relating to former nurse Wilma Young recounting her experiences as a survivor of the sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke and her time as a Japanese prisoner of war (POW) on Bangka Island Indonesia. Her talk was part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the revised Geneva Conventions.Page of a newspaper with multiple headlined articles, a colour photograph, logo and advertisement. Photograph of three women looking at the camera, two are in nurses uniforms with white wimples and the third wearing a multicoloured jacket with four medals and various pins attached.wwii, world war 2, world war two, wwll, australian army nursing service, aans, bangka island, ss vyner brooke, wilma elizabeth forster oram, wilma elizabeth forster young, geneva convention

An article about World War II nurse, Mrs Flo Syer, a prisoner of war survivor on Bangka Island. Mrs Syer spent three years as a "white coolie" on the island. She will be making the trip back to the island for the memorial ceremony to commemorate the nurses that had been aboard the SS Vyner Brooke when it was bombed.Article roughly cut from a newspaer. There is a portrait photograph of a young nurse in the top left corner. The title is below this image, followed by a column of text. There are four more columns of text across the bottom and above them a large rectangle photograph of an older lady looking through a photo album.'NC2' [Handwritten in blue ink at the top right corner.world war 1939-1945, prisoners of war, army nurses, flo syer, ss vyner brooke, war memorials

From 'The war years' liftout, part of the 'Australia Remembers 1945 - 1995' campaign. Article and photographs related to interview with Queensland nurses who served in WWII about their wartime experiences.Photocopy of article over two pieces of paper held together by sticky tape. Article has five columns and two photos of women who are identified as women who were nurses during WWII. There is also a small article and photo about a different matter.wwii, world war 2, world war two, wwll, australian army nursing service, aans, bangka island, ss vyner brooke, margaret hamilton, jessie ellen ridge, nell ridge, nell holmes, jessie ellen holmes, florence elizabeth syer, florence elizabeth trotter, flo trotter

'List of Nursing Staff - 8th Division, evacuated from Singapore on steamship "Vyner Brooke" on 12th February 1942, and subsequent fates.' Table list column headings: Surnames; Initials (etc); Unit; Enlisted; Fate. Also provides other recommended sources with some statistics on the final page.A4 photocopy of a typed and hand-written document with hand-written annotations. Document is a list table in five columns.'Mr & MRS Jim ROGERS' [blue ink in the top right hand corner of the first page] '(NOW MRS FRANK STATHAM [WAS]) [blue ink on the lower right hand side of the first page]vyner brooke, ss vyner brooke, singapore, wwii, ww2, world war 2

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)

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 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

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

An article about a memorial being built to commemorate Australia'a war service nurses. It is due to be opened in October 1999 to mark the centenary of Australian miltary nursing. In attendence at the ceremony, amongst a large group of Australians, were Vivian Bullwinkel, Wilma Young and Pat Darling - three nurses who survived the 1942 Japanese invasion of Singapore and three and a half years as prisoners-of-war. The photo description reads: "Vivian Bullwinkel, sole survivor of a Japanese wartime massacre, at the dedication of a memorial site on ANZAC Parade yesterday."Large newspaper clipping featuring a large photograph of multiple people gathering beneath a marquee, followed by five columns of text.'Canberra Times Sunday Feb 16 1997' [Handwritten in blue ink beneath the title]wwii, ww2, world war two, vivian bullwinkel, vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), ss vyner brooke, wilma young, pat darling, war memorials, australian army nurses

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

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

'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

Commemorative booklet for the dedication ceremony of the Australian Army Nurses' Memorial on Bangka Island. The ceremony took place on March 2, 1993. It represented the 'fulfilment of a proposal (for the memorial) raised in 1992 by Matron Vivian Statham on behalf of her colleagues of the Australian Army Nursing Service.' The booklet contains historiacl information and photographs and the order of service.Staple-bound booklet with white cover. Title is printed in black ink in the top centre. The bottom centre displays the emblem of the Australian Commonwealth Military Force. In the middle is a coloured painting of eight nurses wearing the red capes and white veils.'H74' [Handwritten in blue ink in the top left corner of the front cover]ww2, wwii, world war two, ss vyner brooke, vyner brooke, bangka island, bangka island memorial, vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), australian army nurses, prisoners of war, australian army nursing service, aans

List of all the nursing staff (8th Division) that were evacuated from Singapore on the 12th February 1942 aboard the ship 'Vyner Brooke'. The list includes their names, unit details, state of enlistment in Australia, and their fate. List was compiled by Charles E Stuart, BEM, State Secretary of the Ex POW and relative association, King St Melbourne.Collection of landscape orientation typed lists on white A4 paper in black ink. The lists are divided into five columns with a solid black line between each one. There is a typed heading in the top centre of the first page.'H71' [Handwritten in blue ink in the top right corner of the front page] 'H52' [Handwritten in the top left corner of the front page] [white out marks on the top right corner of the front page] '(NOW MRS FRANK STATHAM' [handwritten in blue ink, fourth line up from the bottom of the front page] [some underlying, question marks and initials handwritten in blue ink throughout document]ww2, wwii, world war two, ss vyner brooke, vyner brooke, australian army nurses, 8th division army medical corps, banka island, bangka island, prisoner of war, 1942

List of all the nursing staff (8th Division) that were evacuated from Singapore on the 12th February 1942 aboard the ship 'Vyner Brooke'. The list includes their names, unit details, state of enlistment in Australia, and their fate. List was compiled by Charles E Stuart, BEM, State Secretary of the Ex POW and relative association, King St Melbourne.Three pages of landscape orientation typed lists.The first page is yellow paper, the following two are white. The lists are divided into five columns and there is a typed heading in the top centre of the first page.ww2, wwii, world war two, ss vyner brooke, vyner brooke, australian army nurses, 8th division army medical corps, banka island, bangka island, prisoner of war, 1942

[February 1993, Herald Sun] article about a commemoration for Matron Vivian Statham, formerly Sister Vivian Bullwinkel. / [20 March 1052, Argus (?)] article about Sister Betty Jeffrey touring Europe with Sister Vivian Bullwinkel.Two newspaper clippings, one with three columns of print and a photograph of an elderly woman. The other is one column of print.'Herald Sun Feb 1993' 'Argus(?) 20-3-62'sister vivian bullwinkel, vivian statham (nee bullwinkel), betty jeffrey, ww2, wwii, second world war, ss vyner brooke, australian army nurses

This article is about the launch of the first HMAS frigate in Williamstown. Launch honours went to Vivian Statham (nee Bullwinkel), survivor of the sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke, massacre of Australian nurses by Japanese soldiers on the beach at Bangka Island and time as a Japanese POW.A newspaper article clipped from a larger page, with a black and white photo of a ship at the top and three columns of text underneath. 'Age 17/9/94' [blue ink middle of page]royal australian navy, ship manufacture, paul keating, vivian statham (nee bullwinkel)

Title is printed across the middle of the cover in large white text, followed by the sub title in smaller green print below. There is a photo of Sister Betty Jeffrey in the top left corner and the bottom half of the page shows an image of a group of ten nurses posing for a photo. The background of the cover is dense green jungle.non-fictionThe incredible account of Sister Betty Jeffrey OAM and the Australian war nurses who survived the bombing of evacuation ship SS Vyner Brooke in February 1942, and subsequently spent three years in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra. During those perilous years surviving in squalid conditions, Sister Jeffrey kept a secret diary of day-to-day events which, after the war, was turned into a hugely successful book and radio serial: White Coolies. She would often write of the powerful sisterhood that evolved as the prisoners of war took strength from each other, even forming a vocal orchestra. White Coolies was a major inspiration for the 1997 film Paradise Road. Sisters in Captivity builds on those diaries to not only re-live the years the nurses spent as POWs but also recounts the early life and influences that encouraged Betty Jeffrey into the field of nursing as a lifelong endeavour. A tireless advocate for returned nurses, she co-founded the Australian Nurses Memorial Centre with sole survivor of the Banka Island Massacre, fellow POW, and her longtime friend Vivian Bullwinkel. Featuring 32 pages of photos including personal mementos of Betty Jeffrey, courtesy of her family, and her drawings from the prison camps, this is a powerful account of women's resilience amidst the devastating brutality of war.--Back cover. military nursing, military history, betty jeffrey, royal australian army nursing corps