IRVIN, Nora (Mrs)
Women through the Years: Economic & Family Lives,
Accession Number 001710
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 4
Total Reels
- Lily Tan (Mrs) & Lee Liang Chian
Interviewer
- 01:56:29
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 4
Metadata
- 1 Nov 1995
Recording Date
- 00:30:53
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Childhood on 60-acre farm in Ireland. No running water, electricity or wireless. Schooling from age six. Walked three km to school except when raining. Went to Convent boarding school. At age 19 went to London to study nursing. Memories of London. Second World War (WW II) - served in hospitals. Overseas posting via troopship. Accompanying naval ship bombed. Stops: Port Said (six weeks), Bombay, Poona (10 months), Bihar.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 4
Metadata
- 1 Nov 1995
Recording Date
- 00:31:23
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Came to Singapore, 1945. Posted to Alexandra British Military Hospital - stories of massacre, salaries, transportation. Shopping at Robinson's. Studied in University of London, 1946, for Sister/Tutor Diploma. Returned to Singapore. Became Assistant Tutor, School of Nursing. Then Principal Tutor. Nurse intakes, curriculum. Social life: dinners with friends, hospital dances in Raffles Hotel, picnics, Christmas with golfing friends, Hari Raya and Chinese New Year visits.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 4
Metadata
- 17 Oct 1996
Recording Date
- 00:28:11
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Reached Singapore September 1945, Japanese already left. About Alexandra British Military Hospital. Stayed in nursing quarters. Set up Blood Transfusion Unit. Met Indian prisoners-of-war (POWs). Stayed a year, returned to United Kingdom. About Alexandra Hospital massacre, and her job. Returned to Singapore, 1950, as nursing sister - General Hospital (GH). Left in 1955, married, returned in 1962. About students. Joined Gleneagles Hospital as administrative sister.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 4
Metadata
- 17 Oct 1996
Recording Date
- 00:26:02
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Reminiscences of Gleneagles Hospital and staff. Singapore then under British Military Administration (BMA). Names of shops she patronised. Nature of her work in Alexandra British Military Hospital. About her patients. Problems when setting up Blood Transfusion Unit. Her feelings when she first started work in Singapore. About her work at General Hospital (GH).
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