WW2 Service Australian Army Nursing Service Rank Sister QFX19068, Ranks held Captain/ Lieutenant
Posting on Death: 10 Australian General Hospital
Prisoner of War
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QLD. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QFX19068 Captain Pearl B. (known as Pearl, Mitz or Mitzi) Mittelheuser, 2/10th Australian General Hospital, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). She was one of sixty five Australian nurses and over 250 civilian men, women and children evacuated on the Vyner Brooke from Singapore three dyas before the fall of Malaya. The Vyner Brooke was bombed by Japanese aircraft and sunk in Banka Strait on 14 February 1942. Of the sixty five nurses, twelve were lost at sea, twenty two survived the sinking and were washed ashore on Radji Beach, Banka Island, where they surrendered to the Japanese along with twenty five British soldiers. On 16 February 1942 the group was massacred, the soldiers were bayoneted and the nurses were ordered to march into the sea where they were shot. Only Sister Vivian Bullwinkel and a British soldier survived the massacre. Both were taken POW, but only Sister Bullwinkel survived the war. Sister Mittelheuser was one of the remaining thirty two nurses who also survived the sinking and were captured as POWs, eight of which later died in captivity. Sister Mittelheuser died of illness on 18 August 1945 in Sumatra. (Courtesy AWM)
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Pearl is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Bundaberg Qld, also her name is located at panel 96 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Snr. Daughter of John and Margaret Eliza Mittlelheuser, of Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia.
Posting on Death: 10 Australian General Hospital
Prisoner of War
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QLD. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QFX19068 Captain Pearl B. (known as Pearl, Mitz or Mitzi) Mittelheuser, 2/10th Australian General Hospital, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). She was one of sixty five Australian nurses and over 250 civilian men, women and children evacuated on the Vyner Brooke from Singapore three dyas before the fall of Malaya. The Vyner Brooke was bombed by Japanese aircraft and sunk in Banka Strait on 14 February 1942. Of the sixty five nurses, twelve were lost at sea, twenty two survived the sinking and were washed ashore on Radji Beach, Banka Island, where they surrendered to the Japanese along with twenty five British soldiers. On 16 February 1942 the group was massacred, the soldiers were bayoneted and the nurses were ordered to march into the sea where they were shot. Only Sister Vivian Bullwinkel and a British soldier survived the massacre. Both were taken POW, but only Sister Bullwinkel survived the war. Sister Mittelheuser was one of the remaining thirty two nurses who also survived the sinking and were captured as POWs, eight of which later died in captivity. Sister Mittelheuser died of illness on 18 August 1945 in Sumatra. (Courtesy AWM)
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Pearl is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Bundaberg Qld, also her name is located at panel 96 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Snr. Daughter of John and Margaret Eliza Mittlelheuser, of Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia.
WW2 Service Australian Army Nursing Service Rank Sister QFX19068, Ranks held Captain/ Lieutenant
Posting on Death: 10 Australian General Hospital
Prisoner of War
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QLD. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QFX19068 Captain Pearl B. (known as Pearl, Mitz or Mitzi) Mittelheuser, 2/10th Australian General Hospital, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). She was one of sixty five Australian nurses and over 250 civilian men, women and children evacuated on the Vyner Brooke from Singapore three dyas before the fall of Malaya. The Vyner Brooke was bombed by Japanese aircraft and sunk in Banka Strait on 14 February 1942. Of the sixty five nurses, twelve were lost at sea, twenty two survived the sinking and were washed ashore on Radji Beach, Banka Island, where they surrendered to the Japanese along with twenty five British soldiers. On 16 February 1942 the group was massacred, the soldiers were bayoneted and the nurses were ordered to march into the sea where they were shot. Only Sister Vivian Bullwinkel and a British soldier survived the massacre. Both were taken POW, but only Sister Bullwinkel survived the war. Sister Mittelheuser was one of the remaining thirty two nurses who also survived the sinking and were captured as POWs, eight of which later died in captivity. Sister Mittelheuser died of illness on 18 August 1945 in Sumatra. (Courtesy AWM)
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Pearl is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Bundaberg Qld, also her name is located at panel 96 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Snr. Daughter of John and Margaret Eliza Mittlelheuser, of Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia.
Posting on Death: 10 Australian General Hospital
Prisoner of War
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QLD. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of QFX19068 Captain Pearl B. (known as Pearl, Mitz or Mitzi) Mittelheuser, 2/10th Australian General Hospital, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). She was one of sixty five Australian nurses and over 250 civilian men, women and children evacuated on the Vyner Brooke from Singapore three dyas before the fall of Malaya. The Vyner Brooke was bombed by Japanese aircraft and sunk in Banka Strait on 14 February 1942. Of the sixty five nurses, twelve were lost at sea, twenty two survived the sinking and were washed ashore on Radji Beach, Banka Island, where they surrendered to the Japanese along with twenty five British soldiers. On 16 February 1942 the group was massacred, the soldiers were bayoneted and the nurses were ordered to march into the sea where they were shot. Only Sister Vivian Bullwinkel and a British soldier survived the massacre. Both were taken POW, but only Sister Bullwinkel survived the war. Sister Mittelheuser was one of the remaining thirty two nurses who also survived the sinking and were captured as POWs, eight of which later died in captivity. Sister Mittelheuser died of illness on 18 August 1945 in Sumatra. (Courtesy AWM)
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Pearl is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Bundaberg Qld, also her name is located at panel 96 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Snr. Daughter of John and Margaret Eliza Mittlelheuser, of Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia.
Inscription
Her Duty Loyally and Nobly Done
Deeply Mourned
