Historical information
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.
Physical description
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.
Inscriptions & markings
[asterix drawn in black ink at top of page in the middle]
Subjects
- 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
References
- Australian Government's Department of Veteran's Affairs page on Vetaffairs Australian Government's Department of Veteran's Affairs page on Vetaffairs
