Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing History Collection
Book - Illustrated Book, Catherine Kenny 1962, Captives: Australian army nurses in Japanese prison camps, 1986
... Rabaul, and taken to a prison in Japan. Shortly before the fall of Singapore 65 army nurses were evacuated on the Vyner Brooke. Twelve drowned when the ship was sunk off the coast of Sumatra, a further 21 died in the Banka Island massacre, and another eight died in captivity...Rabaul, and taken to a prison in Japan. Shortly before the fall of Singapore 65 army nurses were evacuated on the Vyner Brooke. Twelve drowned when the ship was sunk off the coast of Sumatra, a further 21 died in the Banka Island massacre, and another eight died in captivity Of significance to AHNL as Alfred graduates were among the captives World War 1939-1945 Australian Army Nurses prisoners of War military nursing nurses Experiences of Australian Army nurses who were prisoners of the Japanese during World War two At the bottom left of the first page is a printed coloured donation sticker: AHNL logo, "This book was donated to AHNL Inc-Nursing Archives by" the Alfred Hospital Library 21/3/18 (handwritten in ink) The previous catalogue number is handwritten in ink at top right of this page. ...
Experiences of Australian Army nurses who were prisoners of the Japanese during World War two
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