'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

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 book 'One life is ours' by Colonel Joan Crouch and the story behind it of Sister Ada Joyce Bridge who was a survivor of the Vyner Brooke and was executed on Bangka Island in 1942.Article with black and white photograph at the top of three older women standing in front of the portrait of an army nurse in uniform, with two columns of text and a clipping of newspaper title and date sticky taped to top of clippingjoan crouch, ada joyce bridge, wilma young [oram], pat darling [gunther], vyner brooke, bangka island, world war 2, ww2, wwii

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 about the brother of WWII nurse Mona Wilton attempting to have service nurses recognised at the Australian War Memorial through some sort of monument to their service. Article also contains biographical information about Mona Wilton and other Vyner Brooke nurses.Full page article with three black and white photographs and five columns of text'From Mary Gantry[?]' [Handwritten in pencil at the top of the page]tom wilton, mona wilton, vyner brooke, wilma oram, vivien bullwinkel, australian war memorial, service nurses monument

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

The newspaper clipping is the second of two extract from 'Prisoners of War: Australians Under Nippon', by Hank Nelson. The extract touches on the conditions the nurses serving in Singapore experienced, moving into the eventual evacuation. The first nurses were evacuated on February 10, [1942], with half of the remainder the following day, and the final nurses were evacuated February 13. These sixty-five nurses were aboard the Vyner Brooke with 300 other passengers, mostly women and children. The ship was spotted and bombed the next day. Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, clinging to the side of a lifeboat, came ashore on Radji Beach, Banka Island. She became one of a group of twenty-two nurse, other Vyner Brooke passengers and twenty British soldier from another bombed ship. This group decided to surrender to the Japanese, who proceeded to kill all but one British soldier and Vivian Bullwinkel. After holding out for ten days the pair made their way to Muntok, hiding the evidence they had both survived a massacre. Of the sixty-five nurses to board the Vyner Brooke, twelve had drowned, twenty-one had been killed on the beach and thirty-two became prisoners of war (POW).A newspaper clipping consisting of four large columns of text and a small black and white photo of an older woman (head).'A[G]E / 26/4'[blue ink, top left]world war 2, wwii, ww2, world war ii, olive dorothy paschke, vyner brooke, vivian bullwinkel, sumatra, palembang, jean ashton, betty jeffrey, wah sui, empire star, micky syer, banka strait, private kingsley, cecil kingsley, 10th australian general hospital

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

Nursing a memory Several of the nurse survivors of the Banka Straits tragedy share their stories and personal recollections of the war. Some nurses wrote books, some talk about staying optimistic while being prisoners of war (POW), others say they've never stopped being stunned by the war years. Fifty years after the Banka Straits tragedy and the years the POWs spent in camps in Sumatra, the poignancy has not been dulled, and has been etched into the memories of the nurses who survived. Betty Jeffery, now in her 80's, says that despite the hardships she faced, it change her life for the better. When the ship, the SS Vyner Brooke, was bombed she was in the water for seventy hours. In the POW camps they slept on concrete floors and starved as food was allowed to rot just out of reach. The nurses that endured so much together have stayed in touch. Betty has also written a highly successful book, 'White Coolies', based on diaries of her experience. Of all the nurses Vivian Bullwinkel is the most celebrated, her story being one of ultimate survival. One of a group of about 100 survivors after the sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke, she and the others thought the Japanese wouldn't kill such a large number when they surrendered to them. The soldiers were bayonetted, the nurses and civilians were lined up in the sea and shot. Vivian played dead. A tribute to Aussie courage A brief recounting of the sinking of the SS Vyner Brooke and the survivors' three and a half years as prisoners of war (POW) of the Japanese. Of the sixty-five who attempted to evacuate Singapore on the SS Vyner Brooke, twenty-four made it home to Australia. A memorial to the brave Australian nurses has been organised to ensure their contribution is remembered forever.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 otherww2, wwii, world war two, vivian statham, 13th agh, aif, vyner brooke, florence nightingale medal, muntok, malacca, iole harper, australian army nurses, katong, perth, red cross, heidelberg repatriation hospital, fairfield hospital, wilma oram, 13th australian general hospital, murtoa, warrnambool, singapore, johore baru, wilma young, cardinia, jessie simons, in japanese hands - australian nurses as pows, jessie hookaway, tasmania, british, singapore harbour, banka island, empire star, prisoner of war, palembang, sumatra, malay, dutch, ex-prisoners of war association of australia, sir edward 'weary' dunlop, jenny greer, ahs wanganella

Obituary written about the life of Sister Ellen Mavis Hannah (Allgrove). Mavis was the senior surving officer on Bangka Island after the Vyner Brooke was bombed and her Matron was killed in the Bangka Island Massacre. The article speaks of her life during and after the war and her journey back to Bangka Island for the dedication and memorial ceremony.Photocopy of newspaper page. The relevant article is in the top left corner (below and to the right are smaller unrelated articles). There are two columns of text and inset in the centre is a photographic image of Mavis Allgrove. australian army nurses, world war 1939-1945, ww2, wwii, mavis allgrove, ellen mavis hannah, vyner brooke, bangka island, prisoner of war nurses

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

The story of Dorothy Paschke and the memorial built in honour of her service and sacrifice in the Second World War. Matron Paschke was aboard the Vyner Brooke ship when it was bombed. She made it on to a small raft with seven other nurses and some civillians. Despite their attempts to steer the raft towards Banka Island where the other nurses landed, the current pulled them out to sea. After eighteen hours, Dorothy and three others slid into the water to paddle alongside, in the hopes it would lighten the load and help them reach shore. The current pulled Dorothy further out to sea and she was not seen again. A memorial sundial has been built in her honour and stands at the Dimboola Memorial High School.Two pages of photocopies of black and white newspaper pages. The first page is a copy of half a page. The second page is a copy of a full page printed on two sheets of paper taped together. Publication details printed across the top of both pages. The half page contains five columns of text and on the right is a portrait of Matron Paschke, to the left of the image is another image of the first page of a memorial book in her honour. (The page also contains unrelated advertisements). The second page continues the story with five columns of text in the middle of the page, above and below the text are photographs from the unveiling ceremony of the memorial sundial built in her honour. (Below and around the article are seven unrelated advertisements.)australian army nurses, wwii, ww2, world war 1939-1945, olive dorothy paschke, olive dorothy paschke memorial, vyner brooke

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

Articles all concerned with various ANZAC Day services in Melbourne as part of newspapers '4 pages for women' section.Newspaper clipping of articles on both sides, with some parts missing. One side has a black and white photograph of three woman wearing medals and holding a floral tribute. The other side has a black and white photograph of two women in Army nursing uniforms looking at the camera. There are a range of articles on both sides.'NC9' [crossed out in blue ink top right hand corner] 'NC11' [blue ink top right hand corner]edith cavell memorial, ida o'dwyer, agnes betty jeffrey, mary lougron, royal red cross, mrs a t noy, kathleen rogers, margaret grace caterson, helene joyce wilding, british commonwealth occupation forces, japan, korea, lou marshall, royal australian air force nursing service, annie moriah sage, frank selleck, frances johns, gertrude brindley, mj hanna, alfred hospital, ruth meaney, royal women's hospital, betty lawson, eye and ear hospital, mavis mitchell, footscray general hospital, m holding, j veitch, camp hospital puckapunyal, ann swinton, mbe, warrnambool hospital, alice adcock, margaret coles maternity hospital, queen alexandra imperial military nursing service, royal melbourne hospital, euraope, middle east, auxiliary territorial service, belle tresize, edith curley, women's auxiliary air force, britain, m caterson, raamc, raamc school of army health, healesville, royal australian army medical corps, kure, hj wilding, ma bennet, raafns, darwin, raaf, royal australian air force, new zealand women's auxuluary army corps, ma moorhead, auckland, waac, women's auxiliary corps, st kilda rd, egypt, france, england, caulfield military hospital, aans, australian army nursing service, vyner brooke, singapore, returned nurses' club, anzac house, tasmania, pow, prisoner of war, nesta james, nesta noy, st mary's church, caulfield, 2nd 10th agh, australian general hospital, no. 1 unit, salonika, heidelberg repatriation hospital, ae coates, edith cavell trust fund

Articles all concerned with various ANZAC Day services in Melbourne as part of newspapers '4 pages for women' section.Newspaper clipping of articles on both sides, with some parts becoming seperated. One side has a black and white photograph of three woman wearing medals and holding a floral tribute. The other side has a black and white photograph of two women in Army nursing uniforms looking at the camera. There are a range of articles on both sides.edith cavell memorial, ida o'dwyer, agnes betty jeffrey, mary lougron, royal red cross, mrs a t noy, kathleen rogers, margaret grace caterson, helene joyce wilding, british commonwealth occupation forces, japan, korea, lou marshall, royal australian air force nursing service, annie moriah sage, frank selleck, frances johns, gertrude brindley, mj hanna, alfred hospital, ruth meaney, royal women's hospital, betty lawson, eye and ear hospital, mavis mitchell, footscray general hospital, m holding, j veitch, camp hospital puckapunyal, ann swinton, mbe, warrnambool hospital, alice adcock, margaret coles maternity hospital, queen alexandra imperial military nursing service, royal melbourne hospital, euraope, middle east, auxiliary territorial service, belle tresize, edith curley, women's auxiliary air force, britain, m caterson, raamc, raamc school of army health, healesville, royal australian army medical corps, kure, hj wilding, ma bennet, raafns, darwin, raaf, royal australian air force, new zealand women's auxuluary army corps, ma moorhead, auckland, waac, women's auxiliary corps, st kilda rd, egypt, france, england, caulfield military hospital, aans, australian army nursing service, vyner brooke, singapore, returned nurses' club, anzac house, tasmania, pow, prisoner of war, nesta james, nesta noy, st mary's church, caulfield, 2nd 10th agh, australian general hospital, no. 1 unit, salonika, heidelberg repatriation hospital, ae coates, edith cavell trust fund

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

Hardcover book with a dustjacket firmly attached. There is a black panel across the top with the title in yellow print and another thinner black panel across the bottom with the author's name in cream coloured print. The front cover shows an illustration of a Japanese soldier in the foreground and behind him are eight women working in a field, they are being watched by an armed soldier stationed at a lookout on a wall behind them. The image is in black, green and yellow.non-fictionSister Jessie Elizabeth Simons tells the story of the sixty-five members of the Australian Army Nursing Service who were evacuated from Singapore just before the arrival of the Japanese, their ship was bombed and sunk and they were captured by the Japanese soldiers and held in prison camps until the day of liberation.women prisoners, prisoners of war, australian nurses, world war 2, world war ii, wwii, ww2, japanese, vyner brooke, sister jessie elizabeth simons

Dark green, faded cloth bound book with a bright orange sticker at the bottom of the spine.non-fictionSister Jessie Elizabeth Simons tells the story of the sixty-five members of the Australian Army Nursing Service who were evacuated from Singapore just before the arrival of the Japanese, their ship was bombed and sunk and they were captured by the Japanese soldiers and held in prison camps until the day of liberation. sister jessie elizabeth simons, vyner brooke, japanese, prisoners of war, world war 2, australian nurses, ww2, wwii

Faded red hard covered, cloth-bound book with gold title on the spine and a white sticker at the bottom of the spine with B38 in red texta.non-fictionSister Jessie Elizabeth Simons tells the story of the sixty-five members of the Australian Army Nursing Service who were evacuated from Singapore just before the arrival of the Japanese, their ship was bombed and sunk and they were captured by the Japanese soldiers and held in prison camps until the day of liberation.women prisoners, prisoners of war, australian nurses, world war 2, world war ii, wwii, ww2, japanese, vyner brooke, sister jessie elizabeth simons

Illustrated book with red and black print on front and spine. Front cover also has a red, grey and white photograph of three nurses in uniform. Title and authors name on front and spine. Summary of book in black print on back covernon-fictionThe story of Australian nurses after the fall of Singapore in World War Twovivian bullwinkel, vyner brooke, australia army-nurses, world war 1939-1945 prisoners of war, nurses australia

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

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

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

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

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

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)

An anniversary commemoration written by Sister Betty Jeffrey, 2/10th Australian General Hospital (AGH). Five years have passed since the end of the war, but it still feels like yesterday that Betty's hospital unit, who nursed in Malaya and Singapore was complete. Betty remembers the outstanding personality of Matron O. D. Paschke, RRC, particularly how she made the frightening leap from the deck of the sinking evacuation so much easier for her nurses. Matron Paschke was one of twelve nurses lost at sea that day. Later, on the beach of Banka Island, a group of twenty-one surviving nurses were kllled by the Japanese with only one survivor. Of the nurses who were taken prisoner of war (POW), of which Betty was also one, eight more died when the end of the war was almost in sight. Betty also remembers the tragedy of losing twelve members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in the sinking of the hospital ship, Centaur, again with only one nurse surviving. On Anzac Day members of the Navy, Army and Air Force will gather at the Edith Cavell Memorial, where a service is read in memory of Nurse Edith Cavell and the women who lost their lives in the two world wars. Betty remembers the courage of her fellow POW nurses, particularly when they knew they were dying. Christmas 1943, in the POW camp, Betty recieved a card made from a scrounged page, hand decorated. The sister who gave her the card later died a week before the war ended. The simple short Anzac services for the women who lost their lives will always remind Betty of the only service the sisters could face holding in the POW camp, in 1943.A newspaper clipping with a large title and four columns of text beneath'Sun p2 26.4.50'[graphite pencil, bottom left]world war 2, wwii, ww2, world war ii, olive dorothy paschke, vyner brooke, vivian bullwinkel, sumatra, palembang, jean ashton

'Bullwinkel', an episode of 'Mike Willesee's Australians' stars Rachel Ward as Vivian Bullwinkel, a volunteer nurse in WWII. Vivian, while being evacuated after serving in Singapore in 1942, had her ship sunk by the Japanese. She and a handful of survivors were captured, ordered back into the water where they were machine gunned. Vivian feigned death before creeping into the jungle. There she met Private Kingsley, who was barely alive, suffering horrific bayonet wounds. After ten days of nursing Kingsley in the jungle, they gave themselves up. This is where the episode ends. The real Kingsley eventually dies from lack of treatment and Vivian was to spend three years of incredible hardship as a Japanese prisoner of war. Rachel describes Vivian as one of the true heroes of our recent past.A newspaper clipping consisting of a title, four columns of text and two black and white photos. The first photo depicts a man in military uniform standing near a young woman. The second photo depicts the same young woman with a different man's head on her shoulder.ww2, wwii, world war two, south east asia, network ten, vyner brooke, banka island