Mavis Hannah interviewed by Amy McGrath [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 2205092
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Allgrove, Nell, 1910-1993, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1981
- 2 sound cassettes (ca. 181 : analog, mono.
- Summary:
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Hannah, a nurse, Army Captain and Japanese prisoner of war in World War II, talks on her early career as a nurse; army nursing in Singapore; the "Queen Mary"; Lord and Lady Gowrie; the casualty clearing station in Singapore; Japanese invasion of Singapore and evacuation; her capture; being moved from town to town; concentration camp conditions, life in a concentration camp; her descriptions of hardships and mistreatment by the Japanese; work and recreation; the end of the war and her return to Australia.
- Biography/History:
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Nell Allgrove was born Ellen Mavis Hannah in 1910. She married Joseph William Allgrove in 1946 and became known as Nell Allgrove.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on July 13, 1981.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-215263194
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 79 leaves) available.
- Subject:
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- Allgrove, Nell, 1910-1993 -- Interviews
- Australia. Army. Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps -- History, -- 1939-1945
- Nurses -- Australia -- Interviews
- Military nursing -- Australia -- History -- 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Singapore -- Personal narratives, Australian
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Atrocities -- Singapore -- Personal narratives, Australian
- Prisoners of war -- Singapore -- Personal narratives, Australian
- Australia -- Armed Forces -- Women -- Interviews
- Singapore -- History -- Siege, 1942
- Malaya -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945
- Occupation:
- Nurses
- Other authors/contributors:
- McGrath, Amy, 1921-2019, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2051 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1981
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