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'When Singapore fell dramatically to the Japanese on 15 February 1942, hundreds of people scrambled to leave. Amongst the evacuees were 65 Australian nurses. They boarded a coastal freighter named the Vyner Brooke, which was sunk by the Japanese. From a group of 60 shipwreck survivors including 22 nurses, Vivian Bullwinkel was the only survivor.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Epigraph:
'Duty is weightier that a mountain while
death is lighter than a feather.'
Imperial Rescript of the Emperor Meiji of Japan, 1882
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Subjects:
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cIndonesia,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
- 1942
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cSingapore,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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Sumatera,
cIndonesia,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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cAustralia,c
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cMalaysia,cSoutheast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
- Malaya, Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
- ca. 1940s
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