Agnes Betty Jeffrey, OAM (14 May 1908 – 13 September 2000) was an Australian writer who wrote about her Second World War nursing experiences in the book ...
Agnes Betty Jeffrey was born in Hobart on 14 May 1908, the second youngest child of six. As a child Betty and her family moved often on.
Betty Jeffrey, Second World War nurse, Vyner Brooke survivor, prisoner of war and author of the best-selling book, White Coolies, was born in Hobart on 14 ...
Betty Jeffrey
Australian writer
Agnes Betty Jeffrey, OAM was an Australian writer who wrote about her Second World War nursing experiences in the book White Coolies. Wikipedia
Born: May 14, 1908, Hobart, Australia
Died: September 13, 2000 (age 92 years), Melbourne, Australia
Movies: Paradise Road
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Agnes Betty Jeffrey (1908-2000), nurse, administrator and author, was born on 14 May 1908 in Hobart, fifth of six children of Tasmanian-born parents William ...
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Agnes Betty Jeffrey, OAM was a nurse in the 2/10th Australian General Hospital during World War II. She was taken captive by the Japanese Imperial Army.
A survivor of a Japanese prisoner of war camp, army nurse Betty Jeffrey was a lifelong champion of nurses who died at war.
Betty Jeffrey, OAM, Australian nursing sister and war hero, died in Melbourne on September 13 aged 92. Enduring the horrors of Japanese internment.
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Australian army nurse Sister Betty Jeffrey survived the sinking of the Vyner Brooke on 12 February 1942 only to become a Japanese prisoner of war.
Agnes Betty Jeffrey OAM, 1908 - 2000. She was an Australian nurse and writer who published her experiences during World War II in the book White Coolies.