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Originally Posted by spidge  16Feb42.[/b] British evacuees from Singapore on the island of Bauka surrendered to a Japanese detail. The 26 soldiers were executed, the 22 Army nurses were marched into the sea and machine gunned, the twelve stretcher cases were bayoneted. -- Story told by the surviving nurse, who, though shot, was washed ashore. (Vivian Bullwinkle) |
The story of Vivian Bullwinkle is remarkable:
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/1906.asp http://www.awm.gov.au/fiftyaustralians/5.asp
As is the stories of many brave women during the war, some of whom tell their stories at this site:
http://www.angellpro.com.au/women.htm