Australian nurses honoured in annual Augusta commemoration next weekend

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The annual commemoration of Australia’s wartime nurses will be held in Augusta next weekend.

The Augusta Nurses Memorial Service starts at 10am on Saturday, February 8 to commemorate the *********** Army nursing sisters who died as a result of enemy action in World War II.

As well as a formal service, there will be a morning tea at the Anglican Church on Allnut Terrace, with all welcome.

Service co-ordinator Jill Perkins said the memorial was initially established to honour women from the region who died in conflicts, with late Karridale resident Pauline Wilson involved in their training.

Ms Wilson designed the memorial with the help of the Karridale-Augusta RSL.

More than 300 people attended the first service on April 21, 1978, and Vivian Statham, the sole survivor of the Banka Island Massacre unveiled the granite plinth.

At the time, the Augusta memorial was WA’s only recognition of army nurses who died as a direct result of conflict during the war.

Ms Perkins said at 82, a new generation of Augusta residents willing to take on memorial duties was needed.

Residents willing to contribute to ongoing projects were asked to attend the memorial on February 8.

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