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Arlene Bennett - Bangka Island Massacre (22/06/26)
Just before midday on Monday February 16, 1942, on a remote beach in Indonesia's Bangka island, 21 Australian Army nurses were killed by Japanese soldiers. The Bangka Island massacre, where more than 80 nurses and servicemen survived the sinking of the steamship Vyner Brooke, were murdered in what was one of the worst atrocities committed against Australians by Japanese Imperial troops during World War II. And since 2017 - Arlene Bennett has travelled to Bangka Island to honour the legacy of the fallen nurses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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