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Pemberton, Jean Keers (1913-2001)

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Australian Women's Register

Jean Greer (later Pemberton) enlisted in the Australian Army on 16 December 1940. Attached to the 2/10 Australian General Hospital she was posted to Malaya in 1941. On 14 February 1942, Jean was one of the 65 nurses aboard the ship Vyner Brooke when it was sunk by Japanese bombing. After reaching the shore she was captured by the Japanese and was a Prisoner of War for the next three and a half years before being liberated. Jean Greer was discharged on 23 September 1946 and married Scotsman Duncan Pemberton in Singapore in 1947. The couple moved to England where Jean died on 7 December 2001.

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  1. GREER, JEAN KEERS
    Department of Veterans' Affairs
    [2002]
  2. GREER, JEAN KEERS
    Department of Veterans' Affairs
    [2002]
  3. GREER, JEAN KEERS
    Department of Veterans' Affairs
    [2002]
  4. Brave Women
    Angell, Barb
  5. Greer, Jean Keers
    GREER JEAN KEERS : Service Number - NX70937 : Date of birth - 21 Oct 1913 : Place of birth - SYDNEY NSW : Place of enlistment - SYDNEY NSW : Next of Kin - GREER ISAAC
    National Archives of Australia, National Office
    2002/04608381
  6. Greer, Jean Keers
    [1941 - 1954]
    National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office
    B883
  7. Group portrait of Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) nurses, who were former prisoners of war (POWs)
    [18 October 1945]
    Fremantle, WA. 18 October 1945. Group portrait of Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) nurses, who were former prisoners of war (POWs), aboard the hospital ship Manunda on its arrival. Most of the nurses were staff members of the 2/10th and 2/13th Australian General Hospital (2/10AGH and 2/13AGH) and the 2/4th Casualty Clearing Station (2/4CCS) who have returned from Malaya. Known to be in the photograph are: Christien 'Chris' Oxley, Jean 'Jennie' Greer, Beryl 'Woodie' Woodbridge, Florence 'Trot' Trotter, Eileen 'Shortie' Short, Jessie Blanch, Valerie Smith, Violet McElnea, Betty 'Jeff' Jeffrey, Nesta James, Pat Blake, Janet P. 'Pat' Gunther, Jess Doyle, Cecilia E. M. 'Del' Delforce, Iole Harper, Sylvia Muir, Joyce 'Tweedie' Tweddell, V. Haig, Wilma Oram, Jean Ashton, Jessie Simons, Ada C. 'Mickey' Syer and Veronica R. Clancy. The woman in the centre wearing the dress uniform and hat is Colonel Annie M. Sage, Matron-in-Chief of the AANS. The woman in the foreground, standing behind the two seated nurses on the right, is Captain E. Mavis Hannah (later Allgrove) and the tall woman third from the right holding flowers is Vivian Bullwinkel. A number of the nurses are holding bouquets of flowers that have been sent by their families. Many of these nurses became prisoners of war (POWs) when they were captured by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore in February 1942 and survived captivity. Bullwinkel survived the massacre of 21 nurses on Radji Beach, Banka Island on 16 February 1942. (Donor: E.M. Allgrove)
    Australian War Memorial Research Centre
    P01701.003

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