Nurses who died serving Australia are now permanently being commemorated through a statue unveiled in Canberra today. 9News
, were the victims of wartime atrocities and made sacrifices for their country are now permanently commemorated after the first statue of a woman at the Australian War Memorial was unveiled today.
Bullwinkel, who died in 2000, was posted to Singapore as part of the Australian Army Nursing Service in 1941 as British-led forces attempted to repel an attack by the Japanese army.Nurse Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel has become the first female to be commemorated in bronze at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
Bullwinkel was the only nurse to survive but was later captured and spent three-and-a-half years in a Japanese prison camp. The sculpture, created by Brisbane artist Charles Robb, includes 22 inlaid stainless steel discs commemorating the 22 women killed in the atrocity.Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel, centre, devoted her life to nursing after surviving a World War II massacre.
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