Australian families honour nurses lost at Bangka Island Massacre

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated February 15 2017 - 2:08am, first published February 14 2017 - 11:45pm
Michael Noyce shows a photo of his aunt at work during the war. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Michael Noyce shows a photo of his aunt at work during the war. Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Kath Neuss, right, was killed in the Bangka Island massacre Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Kath Neuss, right, was killed in the Bangka Island massacre Photo: Jefri Tarigan
Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, who died in 2000, survived the massacre. Photo: Richard Briggs
Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, who died in 2000, survived the massacre. Photo: Richard Briggs
Australian Sister Kath Neuss ws gunned down in the Bangka Island Massacre. Photo: Supplied
Australian Sister Kath Neuss ws gunned down in the Bangka Island Massacre. Photo: Supplied

Jakarta: "Guess you will be thinking I've gone up in smoke. There is plenty of it about," Australian Army nurse Kath Neuss quipped in a letter dated February 6, 1942.

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