GARDAM, Dora Shirley
| Service Numbers: | TX2183, TFX2183 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 14 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Nurse |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Casualty Clearing Station |
| Born: | Ulverstone, Tasmania, 24 August 1910 |
| Home Town: | Youngtown, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Banka Island, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies, 4 April 1945, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Jakarta War Cemetery, Indonesia 5. F. 4., |
| Memorials: | Augusta Australian Army Nursing Sisters Monument, Australian Military Nurses Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bicton Vyner Brooke Tragedy Memorial, W.A., Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Gardens Nurses Plaques |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, TFX2183, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Hobart, Tasmania | |
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| 14 Oct 1940: | Enlisted TX2183 | |
| 7 Dec 1941: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, TX2183, 2nd/4th Casualty Clearing Station, Malaya/Singapore | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 4 Apr 1945: | Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, TX2183, 2nd/4th Casualty Clearing Station, Prisoners of War |
OUR SINGAPORE NURSES
Emotional Welcome As Gallant Women Return
Fremantle, Western Australia; The Australian Women's Weekly
Saturday; 3 November 1945, Page 19.
OUR SINGAPORE NURSES
BY: Josephine O'Neill
No legendary figures, but ordinary women, you, who died
Facing the water, last glance each to each
Along the beach, leaving your bodies to the accustomed surf
Your hearts to home
No legendary figures, but ordinary women, you, who lived
Holding the spirit, through the camps slow slime
Unsoiled by time ...
Bringing your laughter out of degraded toil
As a gift to home
As ordinary women, by your dying you fortify the mind
As ordinary women, by your living you honor all mankind.
TROVE: http://nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/55465571
Submitted 6 November 2018 by Daniel Bishop
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