A perilous journey

Rose survived a perilous sea voyage to New Guinea. Later she worked at a hospital in Bougainville.

In 1978, Rose was awarded the Order of Australia in the General Division (OAM) for ‘services to the community‘.

Interviewed by Audrey Jacques in 1986 for Bunbury Oral History Group & State Library of WA.
Narrated by Jennifer Kain

Image 2/1st AGH Bougainville 1945 [AWM 078583]