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Biographical entry Bullwinkel, Vivian (1915 - 2000)
AO, MBE, ARRC, ED, FNM, FRCNA
- Born
- 18 December 1915
Kapunda, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 3 July 2000
- Occupation
- Nurse and Health administrator
Summary
Vivian Bullwinkel volunteered for the Australian Army Nursing Service in May 1941 and sailed to Singapore. She survived 'The Bangka Island Massacre,' where she was shot in the back and pretended to be dead until the Japanese soldiers left. She spent more than three years a prison camp. After the War, Bullwinkel was Matron of Melbourne's Fairfield Hospital for sixteen years, retiring to Perth in 1977.
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Published resources
Books
- Manners, Norman G., Bullwinkel: the true story of Vivian Bullwinkel, a young Army nursing sister, who was the sole survivor of a World War Two massacre by the Japanese, Hesperian Press, Carlisle, WA, 1999, 239 pp. Details
- Murray, James, Lifework: Heroes of Australian Health, Focus Publishing for [Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd], Edgecliff, NSW, 1997, 160 pp. Details
Online Resources
- 'Bullwinkel, Vivian (1915-2000), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0362b.htm. Details
- National Library of Australia, 'Bullwinkel, Vivian', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-783063. Details
Helen Morgan
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 8 February 2010