Exceptional Australian nurses murdered Singapore 1942 by Aussie True Story Flash contest entry

The Vyner Brooke, an evacuation ship, was sunk by Japanese Zero planes. Army nurses helped wounded Australian soldiers to Radji Beach where they lit a bonfire. This alerted Japanese soldiers. Aussies bayoneted. Looking at a sparkling sea, twenty-two nurses (after being raped) were told to walk into the sea. Sobbing and shaking, they knew death was waiting. Vivien Bullwinkle was one of the nurses who survived. Shot in the shoulder she played dead until the Japanese left. On Radji Beach she found a wounded Australian. He died, and she surrendered. After the war, Vivien became Lieutenant Colonel. And highly decorated WW11 heroine. Recognized Author Notes Contest Entry for 100 words True Story. A heroic woman who was shot and survived then spent 3.5 years in a P.0.W camp. When the Japanese surrendered, the prisoners wanted to return to Australia. Instead, they stayed in Singapore because they only weighed 11 Kg. After they gained weight they came home, Vivian was one of those brave women. How often must she have thought of her 21 nurses who died beside her? The cruelty of the Japanese during the war was horrific.

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