Collection related to the service of Elvin Minna Wittwer Accession Number: P09909.022

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Informal group portrait of SFX13418 Sister (Sr) Rebecca Florence Casson, SFX13318/ SX13318 Sr Loris Irene Church (nee Seebohm), SX13431 Sr Lorna Fairweather and SX13081 Sr Elvin Wittwer aboard Hospital Ship Wanganella. Sr Casson and Sr Fairweather were both executed in the Banka Island massacre along with nineteen other nurses. The only survivor of the massacre was Captain Vivian Bullwinkel.

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Accession Number
P09909.022
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor D Zwar
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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