MikeMaster99
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Margaret Whitlam?
Reply #8101. Apr 18 12, 4:33 PM
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tobyone
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Not Margaret Whitlam; birth year same decade as hers, but died earlier.
Reply #8102. Apr 18 12, 6:25 PM
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Mommakat
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Was she involved in Politics?
Reply #8103. Apr 18 12, 11:01 PM
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tobyone
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No, not a politician.
Reply #8104. Apr 19 12, 12:21 AM
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Mommakat
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How long since your lady passed on, roughly?
Reply #8105. Apr 19 12, 2:28 AM
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Mommakat
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Was this Dame Nellie Melba?
Reply #8106. Apr 19 12, 2:29 AM
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Mommakat
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Or perhaps June Bronhill?
Reply #8107. Apr 19 12, 2:29 AM
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Creedy
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(Wow, Rosella sounds impressive!)
Reply #8108. Apr 19 12, 2:58 AM
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Creedy
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Was she a writer?
Reply #8109. Apr 19 12, 3:35 AM
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tobyone
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I wasn't a singer, nor was I known as a writer. Died around the turn of this century.
Reply #8110. Apr 19 12, 4:25 AM
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tobyone
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While not known as a writer, I did keep a journal for a short time.
Reply #8111. Apr 19 12, 4:27 AM
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Creedy
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Was she a nurse?
Reply #8112. Apr 19 12, 5:23 AM
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MikeMaster99
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Was she a sportswoman? And if so, an Olympian?
Reply #8113. Apr 19 12, 5:24 AM
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tobyone
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She wasn't a sportswoman.
She was a nurse.
Reply #8114. Apr 19 12, 5:51 AM
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Mommakat
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Edith Cavell
Reply #8115. Apr 19 12, 5:57 AM
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Mommakat
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Or perhaps the lady named Bullwinkel. I can't think of her first name but she was a survivor of the Japanese prison camps.
Reply #8116. Apr 19 12, 5:58 AM
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Mommakat
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Just remembered it - Vivian Bullwinkel.
Reply #8117. Apr 19 12, 6:05 AM
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tobyone
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You're correct, Mommakat. Well done.
Vivian Bullwinkel was the sole survivor of the Banka Island Massacre. She was hit by a machine gun bullet that passed through her body. With a wounded British soldier, she hid for 12 days, caring for him until they were captured. The soldier died of his wounds and Nurse Bullwinkel spent three and a half years in captivity.
Her service to nursing continued after the war and she received numerous honours.
Reply #8118. Apr 19 12, 8:13 AM
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Jakeroo
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We're so spoiled aren't we? Never to have had to endure such things...
Reply #8119. Apr 19 12, 2:36 PM
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paulmallon
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right you are, Jake
Reply #8120. Apr 19 12, 2:58 PM
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