Historical information
Small article on the memorial 44km east of Hamilton Victoria, to the nurses who were lost when the Vyner Brooke was sunk and the subsequent massacre of survivors on Banka Island during WWII. A new and previous memorials were dedicated by Vivian Statham (neé Bullwinkel) and Betty Jeffrey, both of who served in WWII, Vivian Statham being the only survivor of the Banka Island Massacre. Both Statham & Jeffrey were Japanese POWs together. There is a photo of the most recent memorial cairn below the article.
Physical description
Full half newspaper spread with multiple stories in black text, three advertisements and two black and white photographs.
Subjects
References
- National Archives of Australia Digitised service papers of Agnes Betty Jeffrey
- National Archives of Australia Digitised service papers of Vivian Statham (neé Bullwinkel)
