Allgrove, Ellen Mavis (Nell) (1910 - 1994)

Nell Allgrove, née Hannah, came to South Australia from the West with her family when she was an infant. She began nursing training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1936 and worked in the hospital's Blood Transfusion Unit until she was called up to the Australian Army Nursing Service in 1940. In 1941 she joined the 2/4 Casualty Clearing Station and was sent to Malaya. She was among those who escaped from Singapore just before its capture by the Japanese in February 1942. When the ship 'Vyner Brooke' was sunk in Banka Strait, Nell and fellow nurses were interned by the Japanese. She was among 24 nurses (from a total of 65) who survived until their release in September 1945.

• Hannah, Ellen Mavis (married name)

Related Corporate Bodies

• Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) (1903 - 1948)

  Service No: SFX10595

  [1940 - 1946]

Related Cultural Artefacts

• Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

  Service no: SX10595

  [1940 - 1946]

Online Resources

• Department of Veterans' Affairs, 'HANNAH, ELLEN MAVIS', in World War 2 Nominal Roll, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=674029. [ Details... ]

See also

• Angell, Barbara, A Woman's war : the exceptional life of Wilma Oram Young, AM, New Holland Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd, Sydney, 2003, 328 pp. [ Details... ]