Historical information
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.
Physical description
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.
Subjects
- 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
