The Vivian Bullwinkel project
Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel AO, MBE, ARRC, ED, FNM sole survivor of the 1942 Banka Island massacre, was born on 18 December 1915 at Kapunda, South Australia. Trained as a nurse and midwife at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Vivian commenced her career in Hamilton, Victoria. Unable to enlist due to flat feet, her commitment…