The faking death was an incident in a book I read about 50 years ago - was it Vivian (Vivienne?) Bullwinkle (Bullwinkel?)? the name of the book "White Coolies" comes to mind too, but I do not know if it was in that book or another along similar lines that the incident was told. Dawn (Melbourne) -----Original Message----- From: aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robin Walker Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2014 7:33 AM To: aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-Tas] This might be a little off topic BUT Good morning all, Last night I watched a movie called Sisters at War which was basically set in Rabaul, PNG. It bought to mind something my mothers talked about - I did listen this time. She talked about a Nursing Sister who used to work at the Launceston General Hospital and was from Launceston. She was a prisoner in Malaysia or Singapore I think. She survived the war by feigning death but she returned to Launceston and I remember my mother going to her funeral which I think was held in the Chapel at Cosgrove Park. My mother must have known this brave lady to go to her funeral. Is there someone out there who would know who this was please. Byeeeee Robin W, Launceston ------------------------------- AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Possibly this lady. Mr and Mrs Simons were the parents of Jessie Elizabeth Hookway (nee Simons), aged 93 in 2004. Mrs Hookway (born in 1911) was a nurse in World War II and a prisoner of war in Sumatra for three and a half years, under the Japanese. She published a book relating to these experiences, republished in 1985 under the new title 'In Japanese Hands: Australian Nurses as P.O.W's' ; the earlier title being 'While History Past: the story of the Australian nurses who were prisoners of the Japanese for three and a half years' (1954). She lived in Launceston where she resumed her nursing career, becoming a sub-matron of the Launceston General Hospital and later a Child Health Clinic sister. -----Original Message----- From: aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Dawn Webb Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2014 10:53 a.m. To: 'Robin Walker'; aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] This might be a little off topic BUT The faking death was an incident in a book I read about 50 years ago - was it Vivian (Vivienne?) Bullwinkle (Bullwinkel?)? the name of the book "White Coolies" comes to mind too, but I do not know if it was in that book or another along similar lines that the incident was told. Dawn (Melbourne) -----Original Message----- From: aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Robin Walker Sent: Thursday, 12 June 2014 7:33 AM To: aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-Tas] This might be a little off topic BUT Good morning all, Last night I watched a movie called Sisters at War which was basically set in Rabaul, PNG. It bought to mind something my mothers talked about - I did listen this time. She talked about a Nursing Sister who used to work at the Launceston General Hospital and was from Launceston. She was a prisoner in Malaysia or Singapore I think. She survived the war by feigning death but she returned to Launceston and I remember my mother going to her funeral which I think was held in the Chapel at Cosgrove Park. My mother must have known this brave lady to go to her funeral. Is there someone out there who would know who this was please. Byeeeee Robin W, Launceston ------------------------------- AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------- AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message