DARLING, Pat nee Gunther
Prisoners-of-War (POWs),
Accession Number 002515
- Australian War Memorial
Source
- 2
Total Reels
- Barbara Orchard (Dr)
Interviewer
- 01:10:47
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 2
Metadata
- 21 Jan 1998
Recording Date
- 00:47:53
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Citation/reproduction requires written permission from the source
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Synopsis
Enlisted in Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) in 1940. Travelled on "S. S. Queen Mary". Sent to 10th Australian General Hospital (AGH) in Malacca in February 1941. Description of her uniform. Evacuation of 10 AGH and 2nd/4th Casualty Clearing Station (CCS) to Johore Bahru. Joined with 13 AGH. Bombing of Singapore. Evacuated from Singapore on "S. S. Vyner Brooke". Ship sunk by Japanese. Rescued and treatment by Japanese at Muntok. Heard about massacre of nurses. Prisoners-of-war (POWs) that she met. Moved to Palembang. Nurses selected as prostitutes for Japanese officers.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 2
Metadata
- 21 Jan 1998
Recording Date
- 00:22:54
Running Time
- MP3
Format
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Synopsis
Heard news of nurses who returned home. Earned money by selling drawings. Excerpts from talk entitled "Eastern Interlude" that outlined her nursing and prisoner-of-war (POW) experiences mentioned in reel 1. In addition, she also mentioned camp life and duties, mail deliveries, disease, death and burial parties, and death of various nurses.
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