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Vivian Bullwinkel: Sole survivor of the 1942 massacre of Australian nurses
Author(s) -
M Norman Elizabeth,
Angell Dorothy
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-172x.2000.00265.x
Subject(s) - sister , nursing , history , service (business) , criminology , medicine , political science , law , psychology , business , marketing
This article describes the series of tragedies 65 Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) women suffered during the fall of Singapore in February 1942, until their rescue from a prisoner‐of‐war camp in September 1945. The story unfolds through the experiences of one nurse, Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, who was the sole survivor of the massacre of a number of these women on Bangka Island; the article examines her immediate and enduring reaction to this incident.