Showing 14 items matching "wilma elizabeth forster young"
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Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Gary Hughes, POWs fight comfort women rumours, 19920725
... ...Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (nee Oram)...Article interviewing Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (neé Oram) who angrily disputes claims made by a Japanese newspaper that claims eight Australian nurses were forced to become prostitutes or 'comfort girls', she goes on to explain what happened and how it was not as portrayed....Article interviewing Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (neé Oram) who angrily disputes claims made by a Japanese newspaper that claims eight Australian nurses were forced to become prostitutes or 'comfort girls', she goes on to explain what happened and how it was not as portrayed. ...Article interviewing Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (neé Oram) who angrily disputes claims made by a Japanese newspaper that claims eight Australian nurses were forced to become prostitutes or 'comfort girls', she goes on to explain what happened and how it was not as portrayed.A large newspaper clipping featuring publication name and advertisements for other articles. The article has a large black and white photo with a smaller photo beneath and five columns of text. The large photo is of an older woman sitting on the ground, the smaller photo is of the same woman when she was younger.'320' [blue marker, top left edge]wwii, world war two, ww2, japanese pows, sumatra, wilma elizabeth forster young (nee oram) -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Vetaffairs, Nurses return to Bangka Island : Memorial to comrades dedicated in Indonesia, March 1993
... Wilma Elizabeth Forster Oram...Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young...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 [asterix drawn in black ink at top of page in the middle] A double sided page from a colour newspaper featuring three headlines, two colour photographs of people and two columns of text. ...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 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Ross Brundrett, Wilma recalls war horror, Friday, 13 August 1999
... Wilma Elizabeth Forster Oram...Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young... Oram Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young Geneva Convention Page of a newspaper with multiple headlined articles, a colour photograph, logo and advertisement. ...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 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchDocument - Printed document, Programme for rededication ceremony : Thursday, 18th September 1986, [1986]
... Wilma Elizabeth Forster Oram...Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young...WWII World War 2 Australian Army Nursing Service AANS Australian hospital ship Centaur Heidelberg Military Hospital Wilma Elizabeth Forster Oram Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young 'H75' [blue ink top right hand corner of front page] A printed document in blue ink on white paper, single fold with four pages. ...Programme for rededication ceremony of the Memorial Rose Garden from two previous locations on the hospital [Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital] grounds. Programme includes brief background, order of service and dedication.A printed document in blue ink on white paper, single fold with four pages. Front page has drawing of landscape with flagpole and all other pages are textual.'H75' [blue ink top right hand corner of front page]wwii, world war 2, australian army nursing service, aans, australian hospital ship centaur, heidelberg military hospital, wilma elizabeth forster oram, wilma elizabeth forster young -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchDocument - Photocopy of brief history, Mrs Wilma E F Young (nee Oram), unknown
... ...Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (nee Oram)...Brief history of Wilma E F Young (nee Oram) World War Two WW2 WWII Australian Army Nurses Wilma Oram Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (nee Oram) Vyner Brooke Ex-prisoners of war Returned Services League (RSL) 'PAGE 1' [handwritten in blue ink, top right of first page] 'PAGE 2' [handwritten in blue ink, top right of second page] Two pages, single-sided A4 paper, photocopied handwritten text in black ink. ...Brief history of Wilma E F Young (nee Oram)Two pages, single-sided A4 paper, photocopied handwritten text in black ink.'PAGE 1' [handwritten in blue ink, top right of first page] 'PAGE 2' [handwritten in blue ink, top right of second page]world war two, ww2, wwii, australian army nurses, wilma oram, wilma elizabeth forster young (nee oram), vyner brooke, ex-prisoners of war, returned services league (rsl) -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchDocument - Printed document, Programme for rededication ceremony : Thursday, 18th September 1986, [1986]
... Wilma Elizabeth Forster Oram...Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young...Australian Army Nursing Service AANS WW2 WWII World War Two Australian hospital ship Centaur Heidelberg Military Hospital Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital - Melbourne Wilma Elizabeth Forster Oram Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young 'M39' [handwritten in blue ink top right corner of first page] A printed document in blue ink on white paper, single fold with four pages. ...Programme for rededication ceremony of the Memorial Rose Garden from two previous locations on the hospital [Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital] grounds. Programme includes brief background, order of service and dedication.A printed document in blue ink on white paper, single fold with four pages. Front page has drawing of landscape with flagpole and all other pages are textual.'M39' [handwritten in blue ink top right corner of first page]australian army nursing service, aans, ww2, wwii, world war two, australian hospital ship centaur, heidelberg military hospital, heidelberg repatriation hospital - melbourne, wilma elizabeth forster oram, wilma elizabeth forster young -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchDocument - Photocopy of a typed account, Wilma Oram, March 1995
... ...Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (nee Oram)...Wilma E F Oram (Mrs Young) to the Returned Nurses on March 22nd 1995. Wilma was part of the Australian Army Nursing Service and a Prisoner Of War in World War Two. Her speech is about her experiences as a Prisoner Of War in Singapore and concludes with her thanking the Returned Nurses for all the support they have given her. Wilma Oram Wilma Elizabeth Forster ...A copy of the speech given by Wilma E F Oram (Mrs Young) to the Returned Nurses on March 22nd 1995. Wilma was part of the Australian Army Nursing Service and a Prisoner Of War in World War Two. Her speech is about her experiences as a Prisoner Of War in Singapore and concludes with her thanking the Returned Nurses for all the support they have given her. Photocopied typed transcript with some handwritten annotations on A4 paper. Two hole-pinched marks down the left side.'H82 / H43.' [handwritten in blue ink top right corner of front page, the H82 has been crossed out]wilma oram, wilma elizabeth forster young (nee oram), world war two, ww2, wwii, betty jeffrey, returned nurses club, wilma young -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchPhotograph - At the unveiling of the Memorial to Banka Island Nurses, POW & deceased, Pt Walter Perth, WA, 19990502
... Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (nee Oram)...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. Wilma Elizabeth Forster ...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 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchPhotograph - Dedication of Memorial to Banka Island Nurses, Pt Walter, WA, 19990502
... Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (nee Oram)...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. Wilma Elizabeth Forster ...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 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchPhotograph - Biennial General Meeting, Perth, WA, May 1989, [198905]
... Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (nee Oram)...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. Wilma Elizabeth Forster ...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 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Herald Sun, 'Nursing a memory' & 'A tribute to Aussie courage', 19911026
... ...Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (nee Oram)...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. Agnes Betty Jeffrey Vivian Statham (nee Bullwinkel) Wilma Elizabeth Forster ...'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 -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, [Weekened Australian], POWs fight comfort women rumours, [19920725]
... Article interviewing Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (neé Oram) who angrily disputes claims made by a Japanese newspaper that claims eight Australian nurses were forced to become prostitutes or 'comfort girls', she goes on to explain what happened and how it was not as portrayed....Article interviewing Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (neé Oram) who angrily disputes claims made by a Japanese newspaper that claims eight Australian nurses were forced to become prostitutes or 'comfort girls', she goes on to explain what happened and how it was not as portrayed. ...Article interviewing Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (neé Oram) who angrily disputes claims made by a Japanese newspaper that claims eight Australian nurses were forced to become prostitutes or 'comfort girls', she goes on to explain what happened and how it was not as portrayed.A large newspaper clipping featuring a large black and white photo with a smaller photo beneath and five columns of text. The large photo is of an older woman sitting on the ground, the smaller photo is of the same woman when she was younger.'WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN. July 25 1992' [blue ink, along top right]wwii, world war two, ww2, japanese pows, sumatra -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, Vetaffairs, ‘Nurses Legend enshrined in glass’ (Vetaffairs), 199912
... People interviewed: - [Janet] Pat[teson] Darling [neé Gunther], Former Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) WWII - Eve[lyn Edith] Bidstrup [neé Blacker], Former AANS WWII - Flight Lieutenant Kathleen Pyne, Current (at printing) Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) Rwanda - Lorna [Margaret (Skeet)] Johnston [neé Whyte], Former AANS - Shirley Rolfe, Former RAAFNS Korea - Pam Campbell, Former RAAFNS Korea - David Werda, Former Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) Somalia - Wilma [Elizabeth Forster] Young [neé Oram] Former AANS WWII - Wing Commander Geoff Robinson, Royal Australian Air Force Gulf War - Lieutenant Commander Allan Barratt, Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service (RANNS) Gulf War - Major Nick Massotti, RAANC Gulf War - Florence [Elizabeth] Syer [neé Trotter] AANS WWII - Margaret Mills, RAANC Korea - Major Anne Blundell, RAANC Cambodia - Brigadier Perditta [Marjorie] McCarthy, Former RANNC WWII - Barbara McKewon, Former RAAFNS Malayan Emergency & Vietnam - Judith Robson, Former RAAFNS Vietnam - Edith [Dorothy Kate] Eadie [neé Butler], Former AANS WWII - Lieutenant Colonel Beverly Wright, RAANC Rwanda - Captain Judith Spencer, RAANC Rwanda...People interviewed: - [Janet] Pat[teson] Darling [neé Gunther], Former Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) WWII - Eve[lyn Edith] Bidstrup [neé Blacker], Former AANS WWII - Flight Lieutenant Kathleen Pyne, Current (at printing) Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) Rwanda - Lorna [Margaret (Skeet)] Johnston [neé Whyte], Former AANS - Shirley Rolfe, Former RAAFNS Korea - Pam Campbell, Former RAAFNS Korea - David Werda, Former Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) Somalia - Wilma [Elizabeth Forster] Young [neé Oram] Former AANS WWII - Wing Commander Geoff Robinson, Royal Australian Air Force Gulf War - Lieutenant Commander Allan Barratt, Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service (RANNS) Gulf War - Major Nick Massotti, RAANC Gulf War - Florence [Elizabeth] Syer [neé Trotter] AANS WWII - Margaret Mills, RAANC Korea - Major Anne Blundell, RAANC Cambodia - Brigadier Perditta [Marjorie] McCarthy, Former RANNC WWII - Barbara McKewon, Former RAAFNS Malayan Emergency & Vietnam - Judith Robson, Former RAAFNS Vietnam - Edith [Dorothy Kate] Eadie [neé Butler], Former AANS WWII - Lieutenant Colonel Beverly Wright, RAANC Rwanda - Captain Judith Spencer, RAANC Rwanda Memorial Nursing in warfare History Military Nurses Australian Service Nurses National Memorial Centre newspaper spread with twenty colour headshot captioned photographs and a large central box with text as a chronology and blue background. ...Article is related to the dedication of the Australian Service Nurses National Memorial in October 1999. Twenty attendees are presented with headshot photographs, identifying information and a brief quote about their service. This includes down the centre of the spread is a brief chronology of ‘A century of nursing service’ from May 1899 to 1999. People interviewed: - [Janet] Pat[teson] Darling [neé Gunther], Former Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) WWII - Eve[lyn Edith] Bidstrup [neé Blacker], Former AANS WWII - Flight Lieutenant Kathleen Pyne, Current (at printing) Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) Rwanda - Lorna [Margaret (Skeet)] Johnston [neé Whyte], Former AANS - Shirley Rolfe, Former RAAFNS Korea - Pam Campbell, Former RAAFNS Korea - David Werda, Former Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) Somalia - Wilma [Elizabeth Forster] Young [neé Oram] Former AANS WWII - Wing Commander Geoff Robinson, Royal Australian Air Force Gulf War - Lieutenant Commander Allan Barratt, Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service (RANNS) Gulf War - Major Nick Massotti, RAANC Gulf War - Florence [Elizabeth] Syer [neé Trotter] AANS WWII - Margaret Mills, RAANC Korea - Major Anne Blundell, RAANC Cambodia - Brigadier Perditta [Marjorie] McCarthy, Former RANNC WWII - Barbara McKewon, Former RAAFNS Malayan Emergency & Vietnam - Judith Robson, Former RAAFNS Vietnam - Edith [Dorothy Kate] Eadie [neé Butler], Former AANS WWII - Lieutenant Colonel Beverly Wright, RAANC Rwanda - Captain Judith Spencer, RAANC RwandaCentre newspaper spread with twenty colour headshot captioned photographs and a large central box with text as a chronology and blue background. Spread has a red border at the top of the page underneath publication information.memorial, nursing in warfare, history, military nurses, australian service nurses national memorial -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchNewspaper - Newspaper clipping, [Pakenham-Berwick Gazette], Welfare work rewarded, [Wednesday, 7 February 1990]
... Wilma Young...Wilma Elizabeth Forster Oram...Article about why Wilma Young [Wilma Elizabeth Forster Oram] received the Advance Australia Award 1989. ...Article about why Wilma Young [Wilma Elizabeth Forster Oram] received the Advance Australia Award 1989. ...Article about why Wilma Young [Wilma Elizabeth Forster Oram] received the Advance Australia Award 1989. This award was conferred because of her contributions to veteran welfare. She was also a POW during WWII on Bangka Island and Sumatra. Newspaper clipping with a headline and large black and white photograph of a elderly woman holding an award in her lap. The article has three columns of text.'Pakenham-Berwick Gazette / 100-106 Main St. P. / Wed. 7th Feb. 1990 Phone 059412 666' [blue ink at top of page] 'Page 25' [blue ink lower right hand corner] [article at end of main clipping article scribbled/crossed out with blue ink]wwii, world war two, ww2, wilma young, wilma elizabeth forster oram, advance australia award, bangka island, sumatra
