Historical information
Brief article on wartime letters to family from Dorothy Gwendoline [Howard] Elmes a WWII nurse who was killed on Banka [sic] Island in February 1942. Niece of Elmes, Sally Alsop hopes they are to be collated and published [Published 2023: 'Back to Bangka: searching for the truth about a wartime massacre' by Georgina Banks]
Physical description
A newspaper clipping of a large black and white photo with a title and five columns of text beneath. The photo shows a woman in glasses sitting in front of a window holding several sheets of paper. A smaller clipping containing publication details and date is attached with sticky tape to the top edge.
Inscriptions & markings
'NC9' [blue ink, top left, sticky taped on]
Subjects
References
- National Archives of Australia Service papers of Dorothy Gwendoline Howard Elmes
- Penguin Random House Australia Back to Bangka: searching for the truth about a wartime massacre by Georgina Banks
