PORTRAIT OF TWO SISTERS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS). LEFT IS SFX11647 SISTER ...

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Accession Number P00824.005
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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PORTRAIT OF TWO SISTERS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS). LEFT IS SFX11647 SISTER ELLEN LOUISE KEATS OF THE 2/10TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL, WHO WAS EXECUTED BY THE JAPANESE IN THE BANKA ISLAND MASSACRE. ON THE RIGHT IS SF11646 SISTER ELIZABETH MERLE PYMAN, ALSO OF THE 2/10TH AGH, WHO WAS EVACUATED FROM SINGAPORE IN 1942 AND RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA. (DONOR: W.H. CONNELL)