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Darling, Janet Patteson (Pat) (1913 - )

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Born: 31 August 1913  Casino, New South Wales, Australia

A nursing sister serving with the 2/10th Australian General Hospital, Pat Gunther (later Darling) was one of the Australian nurses taken prisoner by the Japanese in Sumatra during World War II. She writes about her three and a half years incarceration and survival in Portrait of a Nurse published in 2001.


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  • Gunther, Janet Patteson (maiden name)
 
Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.angellpro.com.au/women.htm accessed 2003-03-26.
 
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  • Darling, Pat, Portrait of a nurse : prisoner of war of the Japanese 1942-1945 Sumatra, Don Wall, Mona Vale, NSW, 2001, 98 pp. [ Details... ]

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  • 'A poppy for the one who died in her place (in World War II)', Sydney Morning Herald, 1995, p. 1. [ Details... ]
  • Jardine, Cassandra, 'Horrors hidden for 53 years. After half a century of silence, Pat Darling, one of 13 nurses who survived internment in Sumatra, talked to Cassandra Jardine about life and death in a Japanese POW camp.', Sun-Herald, 14 December 1997, p. 49. [ Details... ]

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Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.Prepared by: Anne Heywood
Created: 25 March 2003
Modified: 2 March 2004

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