Darling, Janet Patteson (1913-)

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A nursing sister serving with the 2/10th Australian General Hospital, Pat Gunther (later Darling) was one of the Australian nurses taken prisoner by the Japanese in Sumatra during World War II. She writes about her three and a half years incarceration and survival in Portrait of a Nurse published in 2001.

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  1. Portrait of a nurse : prisoner of war of the Japanese 1942-1945 Sumatra
    Darling, Pat
    [2001]
    Published: Don Wall
  2. A poppy for the one who died in her place (in World War II)Sydney Morning Herald 1 : A poppy for the one who died in her place (in World War II)
    [1995]
  3. Horrors hidden for 53 years. After half a century of silence, Pat Darling, one of 13 nurses who survived internment in Sumatra, talked to Cassandra Jardine about life and death in a Japanese POW camp.Sun-Herald 49 : Horrors hidden for 53 years. After half a century of silence, Pat Darling, one of 13 nurses who survived internment in Sumatra, talked to Cassandra Jardine about life and death in a Japanese POW camp.
    Jardine, Cassandra
    [1997]
  4. GUNTHER, JANET PATTESONWorld War 2 Nominal Roll Department of Veterans' Affairs : GUNTHER, JANET PATTESON
    Department of Veterans' Affairs
    [2002]
    Series: http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=182691
  5. Nurses revisit war hell (Bangka Island, Singapore)Sun-Herald 5 : Nurses revisit war hell (Bangka Island, Singapore)
    Warnock, Steve and Chapman, Barry (Photographer)
    [1993]
  6. Brave Women
    Angell, Barb
    Series: http://www.angellpro.com.au/women.htm
  7. Australian War Memorial Research Centre: Darling, Janet Patterson 'Pat' (Sister)
    1. Manuscript titled "Eastern Interlude"(98 pages) written by Janet 'Pat' Darling: autobiographical account of nursing and POW (Japanese) experiences in Second World War. 2. Published book: "Portrait of a Nurse: Prisoner of War of the Japanese 1942-1945, Sumatra" by Pat Darling (nee Gunther), MID - signed by author.
    PR01989
  8. Australian War Memorial Research Centre: Gunther, J Pat (Nursing Sister) (1939 - 1945)
    Letter to Pat Gunther while a POW at Palembang, Sumatra. Refers to communications from Sister Gunther and current news of two men. Newspaper photograph after release from captivity
    PR90/019
  9. Australian War Memorial Research Centre: Dutch silver jam spoon : Sister P Gunther, 2/10 Australian General Hospital
    Associated with Sister Pat Gunther, 2/10 Australian General Hospital, who served in Malaya and Singapore. She was captured by the Japanese when they sunk the SS Vyner Brooke, the ship on which she was being evacuated, near Banka Island, in February 1942. The spoon came from a Dutch residence where she was initially held with other nurses for ten days. She retained the spoon throughout the rest of her captivity at Palembang in Sumatra.
    REL28267
  10. Australian War Memorial Research Centre: 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)
    P01701.003

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    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 22 December 1945 p 24 Family Notices
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