Courage Be My Friend: The Vivian Bullwinkel Story

by Jenny Davis

Sister Vivian Bullwinkel was the only survivor of the Bangka Island massacre during World War II. Her evocative story is told through the eyes of fifteen-year-old Edith ' Edie' Kenneison. Sister Bullwinkel enlisted in the Australian Army Nurse Service at the outbreak of World War II and was posted to Singapore. In February 1942, she and hundreds of others attempted to escape the advancing Japanese army but was captured and held as a prisoner of war...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1760993727
• ISBN13: 9781760993726
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Fremantle Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7