Vivian Bullwinkel

Vivian Bullwinkel

Vivian Bullwinkel-Statham AO, MBE, ARRC, ED (19152000) était une infirmière de l'armée australienne pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Elle était la survivante unique du massacre d'île de Banka, dans ce que 21 infirmières ont été assassinés sur la plage par des soldats japonais en Indonésie, le 16 février 1942.

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