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Jeffrey was a nurse in the 2/10th Australian General Hospital during World War II; she was taken captive by the Japanese Imperial Army and interned in the Dutch East Indies. While in the Japanese internment camp on Sumatra, Jeffrey joined the female vocal orchestra. [1] Betty Jeffrey was freed and returned home on October 24, 1945. [1]
Mary Ellen Morris (née Mulry; 15 February 1921 – 1997) [1] was an Irish nurse and writer, known for her war diaries during the Second World War.These are stored at the Imperial War Museum and in June 2014 were published under the title 'A Very Private Diary', [2] a reference to one diary entry: "15 June 1944, Bognor Regis: Should have headed this 'Somewhere in Southern England' but this is ...
Mary Borden, known as May to her friends and family, [2] was born into a wealthy Chicago family. Her brother, William Whiting Borden, became well known in conservative Christian circles for his evangelistic zeal and early death while preparing to become a missionary.
Captain Lillian Kinkella Keil. Captain Lillian Kinkella Keil (November 17, 1916 – June 30, 2005) was a highly decorated American World War II and Korean War flight nurse.Keil made 250 evacuation flights (23 of them transatlantic) during World War II and 175 evacuation flights during the Korean War, becoming one of the most decorated women in American military history.
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June Wandrey Mann (June 25, 1920 [1] – November 27, 2005) was a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps from Wautoma, Wisconsin.She was the author of Bedpan Commando, an account of her military service in Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany from 1942 to 1946, during which she was awarded eight battle stars.
This is a category for female nurses who were involved in caring for the sick and injured in war. See also: Category:American Civil War nurses This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:wartime nurses .
Ann Agnes Bernatitus (21 January 1912 – 3 March 2003) was a United States Navy nurse who served under combat during World War II. She was the first American recipient of the Legion of Merit. She was the first American recipient of the Legion of Merit.