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F10115 - American President Johnson visits Australian War Memorial
[Film] On Friday 21 October 1966, Lyndon B Johnson, President of the United States of America, visited the forecourt of the Australian War Memorial. In a short ceremony he laid a wreath on the Stone of Remembrance…
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PR01216 - Bullwinkel, Vivian (Matron), 1915-2000
[Private Record] Bullwinkel, Vivian Collection of personal papers relating mainly to Matron Vivian Bullwinkel's prisoner of war experience during the Second World War. The papers include diary entries written on scraps of paper, mainly covering January and February 1942, in Singapore; notebook; letters; loose pages of duplicate diary entries; sketches, recipes and a handwritten draft of a letter from Matron Bullwinkel to the Governor of Sumatra…
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[Photograph] Four sisters of the 2/13th Australian General Hospital enjoy a cup of tea on the verandah of ward C1. Identified (left to right): Sister (Sr) Vivian Bullwinkel; Matron Irene Drummond; Sr M Anderson; Sr M Selwood…
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[Heraldry] Grey cotton, open-necked, short sleeved tropical pattern dress with plain dark brown shoulder straps for a staff nurse. The colour is faded, but the original dark grey can be seen on the inside seams and pockets…
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[Photograph] Group portrait of Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) nurses, who were former prisoners of war (POWs), on board the hospital ship Manunda on its arrival in Australia. Most of the group were staff members of the 2/10th and 2/13th Australian General Hospital (2/10AGH and 2/13AGH) and the 2/4th Casualty Clearing Station (2/4CCS)…
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[Photograph] Group portrait of the nursing staff of 2/13th Australian General Hospital. Identified, left to right, back row: VFX61331 Sister (Sr) Gladys Laura Hughes (taken prisoner of war (POW) following the sinking of the Vyner Brooke and died of illness on 31 May 1945); SFX13419 Sr Annie Merle Trenerry (drowned following the sinking of the Vyner Brooke); SX13431 Sr Lorna Florence Fairweather (one of 22 nurses who survived the sinking of the Vyner Brooke and were washed ashore on Radji Beach, Banka Island, where they surrendered to the Japanese, along with 25 British soldiers…
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[Photograph] Informal group portrait of members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) at a homecoming celebration. Sister (Sr) Vivian Bullwinkel, 2/13th Australian General Hospital (2/13 AGH), second from left, and Sr Wilma Oram, 2/13 AGH, second from right, were both held as prisoners of war (POWs) for three and a half years in Sumatra…
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[Sound] TAPE 1: nursing training; volunteer for Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS); enlistment; travel on SS Queen Mary; arrival in Singapore; with 10th Australian General Hospital (AGH) at Malacca; 2/4 Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) established at Port Dickson; prewar Malaya; uniforms; Japanese attack; evacuation to Johore Bahru; join with 13AGH; nursing duties; evacuation from Singapore on the SS Vyner Brooke; ship sunk by Japanese; attempt to swim to shore with Win Davis; rescue by Japanese; join other survivors at Muntok; Vivian Bullwinkel relates massacre details; loss of three matrons; Nester James senior sister; establish camp at Palembang; selected as prostitutes; camp conditions; earn money by selling drawings. TAPE 2: Excerpt from a talk entitled 'Eastern Interlude': departure to Singapore; Japanese attack; air raids; evacuation of half nurses to Australia; Vyner Brooke, attack on ship and sinking; swim to shore with Win Davis; rescue by Japanese; reunited with other survivors; Vivian Bullwinkel relates massacre details; establish camp; selected as prostitutes for Japanese; camp life and duties; move camps; mail deliveries; disease, death and burial parties; death of sisters.
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[Film] Troops marching 2/20 Battalion Mersing, late 1941. Leaders following NX35012 Captain (Capt) R J D Richardson D Coy Serebam area…
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[Art] Bourne, Shirley
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Matron Vivian Bullwinkel
Oil on canvas, 1962
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