Bullwinkel, Vivian (1915-2000)

Also known as
Statham, Vivian (1915-2000)
Field of activity
Nurse, Servicewoman and Health administrator; Nurse and Health administrator
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Vivian Bullwinkel was the sole survivor of the 1942 Banka Island massacre. Post-war, she was Matron of Melbourne's Fairfield Hospital.

Vivian Bullwinkel grew up in Broken Hill, New South Wales, and Adelaide, South Australia. Her father had migrated to Australia from Essex in 1912 and worked as a jackaroo on a station near Broken Hill before he married and took on a clerical post with Broken Hill South Pty Ltd. Vivian's grandfather was William John Shegog, a member of the South Australian Police Force. At the age of nine, she moved to Adelaide to live with her grandparents but returned to attend Broken Hill High School when she was thirteen. In 1934 she began nursing and midwife training at the Broken Hill and District Hospital. From February 1939 she was working at the Kia-Ora Hospital in Hamilton, Victoria, but moved to Melbourne to enlist at the outbreak of war and worked for a time at the Jessie MacPherson Hospital.

In May 1941, Bullwinkel volunteered for the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and sailed for Singapore, assigned to the 2/13th Australian General Hospital. In February 1942, she boarded the SS Vyner Brooke with 65 other nurses to flee Singapore following an invasion by Japanese troops, but the ship was sunk by Japanese aircraft two days later. A large number of passengers, including 22 nurses, made it ashore to Radji Beach on Banka Island and decided to surrender to the Japanese. They were joined the following day by about 100 British soldiers. Upon being discovered by Japanese soldiers, however, the men were killed and the nurses ordered to wade into the sea where they were machine-gunned from behind. Bullwinkel was struck by a bullet but feigned death until her persecutors had left. The sole survivor of the massacre, she hid for twelve days before surrendering and spent a further three and a half years in captivity.

Bullwinkel served in Japan in 1946 and 1947 before resigning from the Army as Captain, but she rejoined the Citizen Military Forces in 1955 and served until 1970, when she retired as Lieutenant Colonel. Post-war, Bullwinkel spent 16 years as Matron of Melbourne's Fairfield Hospital and continued as Director of Nursing there until 1977. In that year, she married Colonel F.W. Statham and moved to Perth. She was a member of the Council of the Australian War Memorial, and president of the Australian College of Nursing. In 1992, she returned to Banka Island to unveil a shrine to the nurses who died there.

Vivian Bullwinkel was appointed to the Order of Australia (AO) on 26 January 1993, appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 1 January 1973 and awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal on 6 March 1947 for service to the veteran and ex-prisoner of war communities, to nursing, to the Red Cross Society and to the community. She was also the winner of the Florence Nightingale Medal.

Photographs, newspaper articles and memorabilia relating to Vivian Bullwinkel were exhibited at the RSL in Argent Street, Broken Hill, in 2000 and the foyer of the Broken Hill Health Service has been named in her honour.

  • 1939 - 1940 Staff member of the Hamilton Private Hospital, Victoria
  • 1940 - 1941 Staff member of the Jessie McPherson Hospital, Melbourne
  • 1941 Staff member of the 13th Australian General Hospital, Australian Infantry Forces
  • 16 February 1942 Sole survivor of Banka Island, where 21 Australian army nurses were massacred by Japanese soldiers
  • 6 March 1947 Royal Red Cross Medal
  • 1956 - 1960 Assistant Matron of the Repatration General Hospital, Victoria
  • 1961 - 1977 Matron of the Fairfield Hospital, Victoria
  • 1963 - 1977 Trustee of the National War Memorial, Canberra
  • 1964 - 1973 Deputy Principal of the Commandant Australia Red Cross Society
  • 1972 - 1974 President of the Soroptimist Clubs, Victoria
  • 1 January 1973 Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
  • 1973 - 1974 President of the College of Nursing Australia
  • 1973 - 1977 Member of the Council College of Nursing Australia
  • 1973 - 1978 Member of the Council of Directors of the Royal Humane Society
  • September 1977 Married Col. F W Statham OBE, ED
  • 1988 - 1989 Warden of Western Australian State War Memorial (first woman to be appointed)
  • 1992 Honourary Life Member of the Australia Red Cross Society
  • 26 January 1993 Order of Australia (AO)

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Vivian Bullwinkel volunteered for the Australian Army Nursing Service in May 1941 and sailed to Singapore. She survived 'The Bangka Island Massacre,' where she was shot in the back and pretended to be dead until the Japanese soldiers left. She spent more than three years a prison camp. After the War, Bullwinkel was Matron of Melbourne's Fairfield Hospital for sixteen years, retiring to Perth in 1977.

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Australian Women's Register

Resources for Vivian Bullwinkel

Selected resources (44)

Australian Women's Register

  1. Vivian Statham, nee Bullwinkel: Eulogy for State Funeral, St Georges Cathedral, Perth, Monday 10 July 2000Sabretache XL1 3 40-41 : Vivian Statham, nee Bullwinkel: Eulogy for State Funeral, St Georges Cathedral, Perth, Monday 10 July 2000
    Scott, Bruce
    [2000]
  2. Vivian Bullwinkel AO; MBE;ARRC; ED; FNM; FRCNA 18.12.1915 - 3.7.2000 Survivor of the Bangka Island MassacreBRAVE WOMEN Angell Productions Pty Ltd : Vivian Bullwinkel AO; MBE;ARRC; ED; FNM; FRCNA 18.12.1915 - 3.7.2000 Survivor of the Bangka Island Massacre
    Angell, Dorothy
    Series: http://www.angellpro.com.au/Bullwinkel.htm
  3. Nurse survivors of the Vyner BrookeEncyclopedia Australian War Memorial : Nurse survivors of the Vyner Brooke
    Published: Australian War Memorial
    Series: http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/nurse_survivors/bullwinkel.htm
  4. BULLWINKEL, VIVIANWorld War 2 Nominal Roll Department of Veterans' Affairs : BULLWINKEL, VIVIAN
    Department of Veterans' Affairs
    [2002]
    Series: http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=790630
  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. WWII nursing heroine diesAustralian 3 : WWII nursing heroine dies
    [2000]
  7. Tributes pour in for the hero of Paradise RoadAustralian 7 : Tributes pour in for the hero of Paradise Road
    [2000]
  8. Nurses Four Years' OrdealAustralasian Post : Nurses Four Years' Ordeal
    [1962]
  9. Some Outstanding Women of Broken Hill and District
    Camilleri, Jenny
    [2002]
    Published: Jenny Camilleri (Broken Hill Historical Society/Broken Hill Council)
  10. Nurse's bravery example to othersBarrier Daily Truth : Nurse's bravery example to others
    [2000]
  11. Butchery on BangkaParade (Daily Mirror) 8 : Butchery on Bangka
    [1977]
  12. Lasting testimony to local war heroBarrier Daily Truth 1-2 : Lasting testimony to local war hero
    Murray-Wilson, Brad
    [2002]
  13. Bullwinkel honored as World War Two heroBarrier Daily Truth : Bullwinkel honored as World War Two hero
    [2001]
  14. Exhibition highlights wartime survivorBarrier Daily Truth : Exhibition highlights wartime survivor
    [2000]
  15. Portraits in Australian Health
    Best, John
    [1988]
    Published: MacLennan and Petty
  16. She looked for a warm place to dieBarrier Daily Truth : She looked for a warm place to die
    [1972]
  17. Heroic wartime nurse Vivian Bullwinkel dies in hospital, aged 84Canberra Times 3 : Heroic wartime nurse Vivian Bullwinkel dies in hospital, aged 84
    [2000]
  18. State funeral farewell for Sister BullwinkelBarrier Daily Truth : State funeral farewell for Sister Bullwinkel
    Mayes, Andrea
    [2000]
  19. Third Anzac arrives homeWest Australian : Third Anzac arrives home
    [1997]
  20. Who's who in Australia 1998
    Neto, Maryanne (researcher)
    [1997]
    Published: Information Australia Group Pty Ltd
  21. Twentieth-Century Women of Courage
    Escott, Beryl E
    [1999]
    Published: Sutton Publishing
  22. Our War Nurses: The History of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps 1902-1988
    Goodman, R.D.
    [1988]
    Published: Boolarong Publications
  23. RSL Returned Sisters' Sub-branch Thanksgiving Service, 100 Years of Australian Army Nursing
    [2002]
    Series: http://www.perthcathedral.org/
  24. TRANSCRIPT OF THE EULOGY GIVEN BY THE HON BRUCE SCOTT, THE MINISTER FOR VETERANS AFFAIRS AND MINISTER ASSISTING THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE ON BEHALF OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA AT THE STATE FUNERAL FOR THE LATE VIVIAN STATHAM nee BULLWINKEL
    [2000]
    Published: Department of Veteran Affairs
    Series: http://minister.dva.gov.au/media/speeches/2000/july/bullwinkel.htm
  25. Australian nurses since Nightingale 1860-1990
    Burchill, Elizabeth
    [1992]
    Published: Spectrum Publications Pty Ltd
  26. Just wanted to be there : Australian Service Nurses 1899-1999
    Reid, Richard
    [1999]
    Published: Commonwealth Department of Veterans' Affairs
  27. Uncommon Australians: Towards an Australian Portrait Gallery
    Faigan, Julian
    [1992]
    Published: Art Exhibitions Australia
  28. Where are the Women in Australian science?
    Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    Series: http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html
  29. A Woman's war : the exceptional life of Wilma Oram Young, AM
    Angell, Barbara
    [2003]
    Published: New Holland Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
  30. Faith, Hope and Charity Australian Women and Imperial Honours: 1901-1989
    Australian Women's Archives Project
    [2003]
    Published: Australian Women's Archives Project
    Series: http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/honours/honours.html
  31. Broken Hill
    Kearns, Richard Hugh Bell
    [1974]
    Published: Broken Hill Historical Society
  32. Brave Women
    Angell, Barb
    Series: http://www.angellpro.com.au/women.htm
  33. Outback Archives, Broken Hill City Library: Bullwinkel, Vivian
    Folder containing newspaper clippings and articles.
    Filing system by name
  34. National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office: Bullwinkel, Vivian (1941 - 1997)
    B883
  35. National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office: Bullwinkel, V Sister - International Military Tribunal (1947)
    MP742/1/0
  36. 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
  37. National Archives of Australia, Sydney Office: [Radio talk presented by ABC war correspondent Haydon Lennard] (1945)
    [Radio talk presented by ABC war correspondent Haydon Lennard] Release of nurses & civilian internees Sumatra (Including Sister Vivian Bullwinkel) [18 pages; box 7]
    SP300/3
  38. Australian War Memorial Research Centre: Official Historian 1939-1945 War, biographical files (1947 - 1968)
    Official Historian 1939-1945 War, biographical files - Buderus L E G, Budge W F R, Buenos Ayres Campaign 1807, Bulcock R P, Bull H J, Bull M A, Bullen A B, Bullmore H J, Bullock A E, Bullock H W, Bullwinkel V
    AWM76
  39. Australian War Memorial Research Centre: [Campaign in Malaya and Singapore - Escape before and after capitulation and evacuation of civilians:] (1942 - 1945)
    [Campaign in Malaya and Singapore - Escape before and after capitulation and evacuation of civilians:] File dealing with escapees, evacuees, and alleged deserters from Malaya and Singapore. Statements by VX61330 Sister Vivian Bullwinkel and VX39347 Sister N. James. Affidavit by Sister James at International Military Tribunal for Far East. Report on tour of Duty to Sumatra by Col Ann N Sage Matron-in-Chief, AANS [Australian Army Nursing Service]
    AWM54
  40. Australian War Memorial Research Centre: [War Crimes and Trials - Affidavits and Sworn Statements:] (1945 - 1948)
    [War Crimes and Trials - Affidavits and Sworn Statements:] Statements by QX20748 Cpl S Bryant-Smith; VX39327 Pte G Bryceland; QX17889 WO1 RG Bryden; QX14893 Dvr HG E Buchanan; Pte WR Buchanan; 420132 F/L DWJ Buchanan; NX2588 Pte AJ Buck; NX26109 Pte RJ Buckland; VX55003 Pte PJ Buckland; NX31853 Pte WW Bucknell; 109313 F/O RP Bulock; NX58482 Lt JD Bull; VFX61330 Lt Sister V Bullwinkel
    AWM54
  41. Australian War Memorial Research Centre: List of Awards for Services rendered whilst Prisoners-of-War (1946 - 1948)
    List of Awards for Services rendered whilst Prisoners-of-War [Lt A S Blackburn; Col J H Thyer; Lt-Col W S Kent-Hughes; Brig F G Galleghan; Lt-Col C H Kappe; Lt-Col W A Bye; Lt-Col A E Coates; Lt-Col A W Walsh; Maj I F MacRae; Lt-Col G P Hunt; Maj W A Bosley; Maj R J Bridgland; Maj C E Green; Maj P L Head; Maj B A Hunt; Maj B W Nairn; Maj A N Thompson; Maj F A Woods; Capt E L Corlette; Cap A A Moon; Capt J F Akeroyd; Capt G J Boreham; Capt D J Brennan; Capt R L Cahill; Capt J W W Elliott; Capt T Godlee; Capt A W Hence; Capt H Kemp; Capt N G MacAuley; Capt N P Maddern; Capt J F Martin; Chap J L May; Capt R W J Newton; Capt F E Stahl; Capt R W Colin; Lt R W Eaton; Lt A K Marshall; Lt R F Wright; WOI A A Crawford; WOI J J Douglas; WOI W H Sticpewich; WOI J Walker; WOII V C Middleton; WOII R A Sherriff; Lt J J Blanch; Lt V Bullwinkel; Lt W J Chaplin;S/Sgt H J Beith; S/Sgt S A Gibson; S/Sgt F S Whelan; Sgt C W G Alldis; Sgt J A Armstrong; Sgt F H Atherton; Sgt C H Boan]
    AWM119
  42. Australian War Memorial Research Centre: [War Crimes and Trials - Affidavits and Sworn Statements:] (1945 - 1948)
    [War Crimes and Trials - Affidavits and Sworn Statements:] Statements by QX20748 Cpl S Bryant-Smith; VX39327 Pte G Bryceland; QX17889 WO1 RG Bryden; QX14893 Dvr HG E Buchanan; Pte WR Buchanan; 420132 F/L DWJ Buchanan; NX2588 Pte AJ Buck; NX26109 Pte RJ Buckland; VX55003 Pte PJ Buckland; NX31853 Pte WW Bucknell; 109313 F/O RP Bulock; NX58482 Lt JD Bull; VFX61330 Lt Sister V Bullwinkel
    AWM54

Encyclopedia of Australian Science

  1. Bullwinkel: the true story of Vivian Bullwinkel, a young Army nursing sister, who was the sole survivor of a World War Two massacre by the Japanese
    Manners, Norman G.
    [1999]
    Published: Hesperian Press
  2. Lifework: Heroes of Australian Health
    Murray, James
    [1997]
    Published: Focus Publishing for [Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd]

Resources by Vivian Bullwinkel (5)

  1. [Interview with Sister Vivian Bullwinkel] [interviewer, John Clements]
    Bullwinkel, Vivian, 1915-2000
    [ Sound : 1900 ]
    At Murdoch University
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.083)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.083)

  2. Vivian Bullwinkel interviewed by John Clements
    Bullwinkel, Vivian, 1915-2000
    [ Sound : 1980 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.643)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.643)

  3. [Interview with Vivian Bullwinkel, 198-?] [interviewer, John Clements]
    Bullwinkel, Vivian, 1915-2000
    [ Sound : 1980-1989 ]
    At Murdoch University
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.634)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.634)

  4. Sister Bullwinkle, prisoner [of the] Japanese [on] Banka Island
    Bullwinkel, Vivian, 1915-2000
    [ Sound : 1980-1986 ]
    At UNSW Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.53)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.53)

  5. Nursing dialogues : Vivian Statham (née Bullwinkel)
    Bullwinkel, Vivian, 1915-2000
    [ Sound : 1992 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.415)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.415)

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  1. [Interview with Sister Vivian Bullwinkel] [interviewer, John Clements]
    Bullwinkel, Vivian, 1915-2000
    [ Sound : 1900 ]
    At Murdoch University
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.308)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 22.308)

  2. Bullwinkel : the true story of Vivian Bullwinkel, a young Army nursing sister, who was the sole survivor of a World War Two massacre by the Japanese / by Norman G. Manners
    Manners, Norman G
    [ Book : 1999-2000 ]
    At 80 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 21.713)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 21.713)

  3. [Biographical cuttings on Matron Vivian Bullwinkel, Australian war heroine, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
    [ Published : 1900-1990 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.583)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.583)

  4. On Radji Beach / Ian W. Shaw
    Shaw, Ian W
    [ Book : 2010-2012 ]
    At 87 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 20.275)

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  5. Vivian Bullwinkel interviewed by John Clements
    Bullwinkel, Vivian, 1915-2000
    [ Sound : 1980 ]
    At National Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.277)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 17.277)

  6. [Interview with Vivian Bullwinkel, 198-?] [interviewer, John Clements]
    Bullwinkel, Vivian, 1915-2000
    [ Sound : 1980-1989 ]
    At Murdoch University
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.382)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 14.382)

  7. Vivian Bullwinkel : an Australian heroine
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation
    [ Video : 2010 ]
    At 24 libraries
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.823)

  8. Bullwinkel / by Norman G. Manners
    Manners, Norman G
    [ Audio book : 2003 ]
    At 26 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.555)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 13.555)

  9. Sister Bullwinkle, prisoner [of the] Japanese [on] Banka Island
    Bullwinkel, Vivian, 1915-2000
    [ Sound : 1980-1986 ]
    At UNSW Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.983)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.983)

  10. Nursing dialogues : Vivian Statham (née Bullwinkel)
    Bullwinkel, Vivian, 1915-2000
    [ Sound : 1992 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.323)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 12.323)

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  1. Fairfield Hospital Historical Collection - The Dr Bryan Speed Infectious Diseases Collection
    ... left to the collection by Matron Vivian Bullwinkel and Matron Gwen Burbidge, who wrote the first nurse ...
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  2. A unique Australian: Vivian Bullwinkel AO 1915-2000
    Stand To (Canberra, ACT)
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  3. Vivian Statham, nee Bullwinkel: eulogy at State Funeral, St Georges Cathedral, Perth, Monday 10 July 2000
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    Royal Perth Hospital Ex-trainees and Associates
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  1. FORMER LOCAL MAN INJURED ON SERVICE
    Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954) Monday 2 November 1942 p 1 Article
    ... FORMER LOCAL MAN INJURED ON SERVICE ADELAIDE.-Mrs. G. Bullwinkel, of Malvern, has been avised that her son' Flight Sergeant John Bullwinkel; broke a leg during a parachute descent following action against the enemy in the Middle East. His only sister, Staff Nurse Vivian Bullwinkel, has been nosted ... 64 words
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  2. COUNTRY.
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Friday 16 December 1938 p 3 Article
    ... COUNTRY. BROKEN HILL AND DISTRICT: Kathleen Agnes Elizabeth Berry, Vivian Bullwinkel, Morva Esther Carwithen, Isabel Mary Copley, Eugenie Fennell, Melva Muriel Lockett, Mabel Gwendoline McMahon, Constance Eva Sampson, Jessie Louise Townsend, Zolda Emily Treloar. ... 34 words
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  3. Nurse Heroine Returns
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) Friday 25 September 1953 p 1 Article Illustrated
    ... Nurse Heroine Returns Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, formerly of SA, sole survivor vivor of the 1942 Banka Island massacre by the Japanese, on her arrival in Fremantle yesterday in the Oronsay. Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, formerly of SA, sole survivor vivor of the 1942 Banka Island massacre by the ... 57 words
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