Historical information

Mrs Muriel Andrews, 77, has spent the past nine months in hospital, but she has not lost her vitality.
Muriel was called up as a nurse in 1942 after the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Stationed at a hospital near Port Moresby Muriel saw many casualties who, due to the length of time it took for them to arrive at hospitals, had not just terrible wounds, but infection in them. Muriel will admit to having felt bitter towards the Japanese during the war, particularly in a moment she was tasked with giving a Japanese soldier a needle while wishing it was a big screw.
Muriel now has the attitude of forgive and forget towards the Japanese but will never forget her friends who were killed at their hands.

Physical description

A [newspaper] clipping featuring four columns of text underneath a large black and white photo of a seated older woman laughing with two younger women in nurse's uniforms.

Inscriptions & markings

'Muriel (Stacey) Andrews' [blue ink, top right]
'NC010'[graphite pencil, mid right, reverse of page]