Accession Number | P09909.022 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | At sea |
Date made | 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Informal group portrait of SFX13418 Sister (Sr) Rebecca Florence Casson, Sr Lois Seebohm, SX13431 ...
Description
Informal group portrait of SFX13418 Sister (Sr) Rebecca Florence Casson, Sr Lois Seebohm, SX13431 Sr Lorna Fairweather and SX13081 Sr Elvin Wirrwer aboard Hospital Ship Wanganella. Sr Casson and Sr Fairweather were both executed in the Banka Island massacre along with nineteen other nurses. The only survivor of the massacre was Captain Vivian Bullwinkel.