Hayman, Frances May (Sister, Australian Board of Missions, b.1906 - d.1942)

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Accession Number PR89/089
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1cm
Object type Papers
Maker Hayman, Frances May
Date made 1942-1980
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM371 89/1019
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

Relating to Sister Frances May Hayman who was in charge of thge Mission Hospital at Gona.
[item 1] Photocopied typescript of letter from May Hayman to her sister Vi Waterman, 4/8/1942. This was the last letter sent to the family. Written from a 'bush hideout', she describes her flight from the Japanese.The original handwritten letter is held in 3DRL/5092.
[item 2] Original and photocopied newspaper cuttings on the death of Sister May Hayman.
[item 3] Photocopied book extract from 'All For Christ' looking at May's work and her death at the hands of the Japanese in 1942.