Beryl
Woodbridge
Born in Hotham West, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Arthur Woodbridge
and Eliza Ann (Tingay) Woodbridge
Died
at age 81
in Canterbury, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Feb 2020
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Biography
Beryl Woodbridge was born in Victoria, Australia
Beryl Woodbridge was born on 11th February 1905 at Hotham West, Victoria, Australia. She was the third and youngest daughter of Arthur Woodbridge and Eliza Tingay.[1]
Beryl completed nursing training in Melbourne and was registered as a nurse.
Beryl Woodbridge is a Military Veteran.
Served in the Second Australian Imperial Force 1941-1946
2/10th Australian General Hospital
Served in the Second Australian Imperial Force 1941-1946
2/10th Australian General Hospital
Beryl was commissioned as a nurse in the Australian Army Nursing Service and was attached to the 2/10th Australian General Hospital, then based in Malaya.[2]
Along with 64 other Australian nurses and many civilians, including women and children, Beryl was evacuated from Singapore on 12th February aboard the ill-fated Vyner Brooke. The ship was discovered by the Japanese as it was entering the Bangka Strait two days later, bombed and strafed repeatedly, and sank in twenty minutes.[3]
Beryl Woodbridge was a prisoner of war of the Japanese during the Second World War.
Along with 23 of the Vyner Brooke nurses, Beryl became a prisoner of war of the Japanese, held at various camps on Bangka Island and Sumatra until September 1945.[4] Evacuation to Singapore and a month in hospital was followed by repatriation to Australia. She arrived home to the news that her mother had died in 1942. After four weeks leave to consider her future, Beryl opted to return to civilian life and was de-mobilised on 6th March 1946.[3]
She passed away aged 81 years, on 29th September 1986 at Canterbury, Victoria and is buried in Springvale Botanical Cemetery.[5] Having returned from the war aged forty years, Beryl never married. She outlived her siblings.
Sources
- ↑ Victoria Birth Index #3764/1905
- ↑ Department of Veterans' Affairs nominal roll: VX53060 (V10741) Lieutenant Beryl Woodbridge; accessed 29 Feb 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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 War Memorial POW records: VX53060 Lieutenant Beryl Woodbridge; accessed 29 Feb 2020
- ↑ Victoria Death Index #23150/1986
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