QFX22816, LIEUTENANT SYLVIA MUIR, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE. SISTER MUIR WAS ATTACHED TO ...

Place Asia: Singapore
Accession Number P00886.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

QFX22816, LIEUTENANT SYLVIA MUIR, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE. SISTER MUIR WAS ATTACHED TO THE 2/13TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL IN SINGAPORE. SHE SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE SS VYNER BROOKE AND THREE YEARS AS A POW OF THE JAPANESE. (LENT BY MRS SYLVIA MCGREGOR)