Australian Nurses of the Vyner Brooke : The Imperial Japanese Army, under the command of Captain Orita Masaru, who ordered the nurses to walk into the ocean before turning a light machine gun and their rifles onto them. Vivian Bullwinkel was also one of this group, however, was wounded and feigned death, thereby escaping.
A nurse from Perth, Western Australia :
Minnie Ivy Hodgson (1908-1942). Visit: Kranji War Cemetery/Memorial
