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Some Heroes Do Wear Capes: The Real Story of Paradise Road

Posted on February 14, 2022March 9, 2022

Today we honour the memory of sixteen brave nurses. One of the last ships to evacuate Singapore, after it fell to the Japanese in February 1942, was the SS Vyner Brooke. On board were civilians (mainly women and children), the crew, and sixty-five Australian nurses. Sixteen of these nurses trained, worked, or were born in […]

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