Category: 2nd 13th General Hospital, Australian Army, World War II

Categories: Australian Army Nursing Service, World War II | Australian Army Medical Corps, Australian Army, World War II

The 2/13th Australian General Hospital was established at Tampoi, Johor, Malaya during 1941. On 26th January 1942 it was evacuated to St Patrick's School, Katong. The commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Pigdon. When Singapore fell to the Japanese on 15th February 1942, those doctors, nurses and patients not killed in frenzied Japanese murders became prisoners-of-war for the next three and a half years. Thirteen sisters and nurses were those AANS nurses murdered by the Japanese in the 'Bangka Island Massacre'. The following honours were awarded to unit members: one OBE; three MBE; one RRC; eight MID.

• Australian War Memorial unit record: 2/13th Australian General Hospital.
• Shaw, Ian W. 'On Radji Beach: The Story of the Australian Nurses after the Fall of Singapore'. MacMillan, Sydney, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4050-4024-2.

Australian Nurses of the Vyner Brooke

A

Margaret (Anderson) O'Bryan 11 Dec 1915 Malvern, Victoria, Australia - 16 Jul 1995

Carrie Ashton 31 May 1905 Nairne, South Australia, Australia - 07 Dec 2002

B

Louvima Bates 01 Jan 1910 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 14 Feb 1942

Alma Beard 14 Jan 1913 Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia - 16 Feb 1942

Ada Bridge 06 Jul 1907 Belltrees, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Feb 1942

Vivian (Bullwinkel) Statham 18 Dec 1915 Kapunda, South Australia, Australia - 03 Jul 2000

C

Florence Casson 06 Mar 1903 Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia - 16 Feb 1942

Veronica (Clancy) Turner 29 Jun 1910 Urelea, South Australia, Australia - Oct 1997

D

Irene Drummond 26 Jul 1905 Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Feb 1942

E

Caroline Ennis 13 Aug 1913 Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia - 14 Feb 1942

F

Lorna Fairweather 31 Jan 1913 Stirling, South Australia, Australia - 16 Feb 1942

Sydney Field 25 Mar 1897 Wellington, New South Wales, Australia - 31 Jan 1945

Jean (Floyd) Allen 19 Mar 1916 Malvern, Victoria, Australia - 15 Apr 2008

H

Clarice Halligan 17 Sep 1902 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - 16 Feb 1942

Iole (Harper) Burkitt 15 Mar 1911 East Guildford, Western Australia, Australia - 04 Sep 1998

Nancy Harris 15 Jan 1913 Guyra, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Feb 1942

Pauline Hempsted 09 Sep 1908 Graceville, Queensland, Australia - 19 Mar 1945

David Hinder 04 Aug 1910 Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia - 1989

Minnie Hodgson 16 Aug 1908 Leederville , Western Australia, Australia - 16 Feb 1942

Gladys Hughes 19 Sep 1907 Waikino, Auckland, New Zealand - 31 May 1945

K

Janet Kerr 08 Aug 1910 Monteagle, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Feb 1942

Kathleen Kinsella 18 Mar 1904 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - 14 Feb 1942

M

Gladys McDonald 17 Jul 1909 Queensland, Australia - 14 Feb 1942

Violet McElnea 14 Feb 1904 Ingham, Queensland, Australia - 1959

Mary McGlade 02 Jul 1902 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia - 16 Feb 1942

M cont.

Sylvia (Muir) McGregor 24 Aug 1915 Longreach, Queensland, Australia - 18 Feb 1996

O

Wilma (Oram) Young 17 Aug 1916 Glenorchy, Victoria, Australia - 28 May 2001

P

Douglas Pigdon 06 Dec 1891 Carlton North, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 06 Jul 1945

Phyllis Pugh 29 Jan 1916 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

S

Eileen Short 15 Jan 1904 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia - 25 Apr 1975

Jessie (Simons) Hookway 23 Aug 1911 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - 23 Dec 2004

Valrie Smith 02 Feb 1912 Wondecla, Queensland, Australia - 07 Jun 1995

T

Mona Tait 06 Feb 1915 Booval, Queensland, Australia - 16 Feb 1942

Annie Trenerry 30 May 1909 Moonta, South Australia, Australia - 14 Feb 1942

W

Rosetta Wight 03 Dec 1908 Fish Creek, Victoria, Australia - 16 Feb 1942

Mona Wilton 08 Sep 1913 Willaura, Victoria, Australia - 14 Feb 1942

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