Banka Island Massacre, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

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Location	Remembrance Wall, Paterson Street, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Type	plaque
Description	The plaque was removed by the Launceston General Hospital when Cosgrove Park was sold, and relocated to the memorial wall at the Launceston Cenotaph.
Built	Not yet discovered
Opened	by Colonel John Edis Indian Medical Service (Ret.) Director-General of Health Services Tasmania
Inscription	Pro Humanitate Banka Island February 1942 [ Names ] Lest We Forget Plaque : The above plaque was unveiled by Colonel John Edis Indian Medical Service (Ret.) Director-General of Health Services Tasmania 1964
Condition	Good

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Service number VFX61329
Nursing Sister
2nd/13th Australian General Hospital
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 3 Dec 1908

WILMOTT, Bessie

Service number WFX3439
Sister
2nd/4th Casualty Clearing Station
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 24 May 1913

Service number SFX10596
Sister
Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
AIF WW1
Born 11 Jan 1912

Service number SX13418
Lieutenant
2nd/13th Australian General Hospital
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 6 Mar 1903

Service number NFX70991
Nursing Sister
2nd/10th Australian General Hospital
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 20 Oct 1915

Service number NX70936
Sister
2nd/10th Australian General Hospital
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 15 Oct 1904

Service number WFX3438
Sister
2nd/4th Casualty Clearing Station
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 8 Mar 1913

Service number NFX70526
Sister
10th Australian General Hospital
AIF WW1
Born 27 Apr 1914

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