Newspaper - Newspaper clipping, [Weekened Australian], POWs fight comfort women rumours, [19920725]

Historical information

Article interviewing Wilma Elizabeth Forster Young (neƩ 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.

Physical description

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.

Inscriptions & markings

'WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN. July 25 1992' [blue ink, along top right]

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