Australia's WWII nurses honoured in Darwin

By Aaron Bunch
Updated August 16 2022 - 3:33am, first published 3:30am
Irene Drummond and Australian nurses who died in WWII will be honoured at a ceremony in Darwin. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO)
Irene Drummond and Australian nurses who died in WWII will be honoured at a ceremony in Darwin. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO)

As more than 20 Australian nurses marched into the sea at Bangka Island with machine guns aimed at their backs, matron Irene Drummond stoically told her colleagues she was proud of and loved them all.

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