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Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Statham, AO, MBE, ARRC, ED (née Bullwinkel; 18 December 1915 – 3 July 2000) was an Australian Army nurse during the Second World War.She was the sole surviving nurse of the Bangka Island Massacre, when the Japanese killed 21 of her fellow nurses on Radji Beach, Bangka Island, in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) on 16 February 1942.
Nursing staff of 2/13th Australian General Hospital in Singapore, September 1941. Six of these nurses, including Vivian Bullwinkel (standing sixth from the left), were in the group who were murdered by the Japanese in 1942. On 12 February 1942 the royal yacht of Sarawak Vyner Brooke left Singapore just before the city fell to the Imperial ...
VX61330 Captain (Capt) Vivian Bullwinkel (left) sitting in a witness stand, giving evidence before the War Crimes Tribunal. Capt Bullwinkel was a nurse in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), and was aboard the Vyner Brooke when it was attacked and sunk on 14 February 1942.
It incorporated documentary footage with interviews, including Vivian Bullwinkel. [2] Events covered include the Second Battle of El Alamein , the Siege of Tobruk , the Kokoda Track Campaign , the Battle of Milne Bay , the Battle of Sunda Strait and the Dambusters Raid .
Jeffrey and Vivian Bullwinkel visited every sizeable hospital in Victoria to raise the money that created the Australian Nurses Memorial Centre. She is noted as a founder together with Edith Hughes-Jones, Wilma Oram and Annie M. Sage. [2] The Melbourne Nurses Memorial Centre opened in 1949 to honour the heroism of nurses. [1]
English: VX61330 Captain (Capt) Vivian Bullwinkel (left) sitting in a witness stand, giving evidence before the War Crimes Tribunal. Capt Bullwinkel was a nurse in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), and was aboard the Vyner Brooke when it was attacked and sunk on 14 February 1942.
Vivian Bullwinkel (1915–2000), lone survivor of the Banka Island Massacre, celebrated by the Australian Service Nurses Memorial; Elizabeth Burchill (1904–2003) was an Australian nurse, philanthropist and author; Betsi Cadwaladr (1789–1860), Welsh nurse who worked alongside Florence Nightingale in the Crimea
Vivian Bullwinkel was a volunteer nurse during World War 2. While being evacuated from Singapore, her ship sank – upon which she was captured and shot by the Japanese occupying Banka Island. While being evacuated from Singapore, her ship sank – upon which she was captured and shot by the Japanese occupying Banka Island.