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Bullwinkel, Vivian (1915 - 2000)AO, MBE, ARRC, ED, FNM, FRCNA |
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| Born: 18 December 1915 Kapunda, south Australia, australia. Died: 3 July 2000. | ||
| 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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