Second World War nurses - Australian War Memorial
When the Second World War broke out, nurses again volunteered, motivated by a sense of duty and a desire to “do their bit”. Eventually, some 5,000 Australian nurses served in a variety of locations, including the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Britain, Asia, the Pacific, and Australia.
Bangka Island: The WW2 massacre and a 'truth too awful to speak' - BBC
Apr 18, 2019 · In 1942, a group of Australian nurses were murdered by Japanese soldiers in what came to be known as the Bangka Island massacre. Now, a historian has collated evidence indicating they were...
Devotion: Stories of Australia's wartime nurses - Anzac Portal
More than 4,000 Australian nurses served in a variety of locations, including the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Britain, Asia, the Pacific, and Australia. Seventy-eight nurses died, some through accident or illness, but most as a result of enemy action or while prisoners of war.
Bangka Island massacre - Wikipedia
The Bangka Island massacre (also spelled Banka Island massacre) was the killing of unarmed Australian nurses and wounded Allied soldiers on Bangka Island, east of Sumatra in the Indonesian archipelago on 16 February 1942.
Stories | ANMC
The Australian Nurses Memorial Centre was founded by Australian war nurses who survived unimaginable adversity during WWII. Here are some of their stories.
‘It makes one feel and realise what a dreadful thing war is’ – a nurse …
Apr 24, 2016 · Five thousand Australian nurses served during the second world war. The most famous of these, Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel, survived a massacre on Bangka Island, and Japanese...
WWII nurse Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel's incredible tale …
Apr 24, 2022 · Lieutenant Colonel Bullwinkel had to hide all evidence of her knowledge of the massacres on Radji Beach, including her wound and a hole in her nurses uniform made by the bullet that struck her ...
Remembering the Bangka Island massacre 80 years on - ANMJ
Feb 14, 2022 · In 1942, a group of Australian Army nurses were gunned down by Japanese soldiers during the Second World War in what became known as the Bangka Island Massacre. The heroism of the fallen, and those who survived, lives on. The 23 women, 22 of them nurses, were facing the ocean.
Stolen Years: Australian prisoners of war - Australian nurses in ...
The first six Australian nurses were captured at Rabaul in January 1942. Shortly before Singapore fell, 65 sisters were evacuated on the Vyner Brooke. Twelve died when the ship was sunk off Sumatra and 21 in the Banka Island massacre on 16 February 1942.
AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSES - Battle for Australia
An Australian Army nurse was killed, and several nurses were wounded when a Japanese dive-bomber attacked the clearly marked Australian hospital ship Manunda in Darwin harbour during the first air raid on 19 February 1942.