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Sales of Legacy bears support the annual national appeal to raise awareness and funds for the families of veterans who have given their life or health in service to our country. Story by Leading Seaman Nadav Harel. Photo by Emma Taylor.

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Annual fundraiser a big boost for Legacy

12/09/202512/09/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 4896 Views 0 Comments Legacy Week, Vivian Bullwinkel

Across the country, sailors, soldiers and aviators took to the streets selling pin badges and bears to raise funds in

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Group Captain Kath Stein is the first current serving ADF member to be president of the Australian College of Nursing. Story by Michelle Hoare.

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ADF nurse to lead Australian College of Nursing

12/09/202522/09/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 4409 Views 0 Comments Vivian Bullwinkel

For Group Captain Kath Stein, following in the footsteps of one of her military nursing role models is deeply meaningful.

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Nursing officers at the Bangka Island Massacre memorial service on board HMAS Adelaide hold photos of those who lost their lives in 1942. Story by Commander Steven Grosser. Photos by Leading Seaman David Cox.

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Memorial service to honour fallen nurses

13/12/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2817 Views 0 Comments Australian Amphibious Force (AAF), HMAS Adelaide, Indo-Pacific Endeavour, Maritime Operational Health Unit, Singapore, Vivian Bullwinkel, WWII

On its return home from Singapore after Indo-Pacific Endeavour, HMAS Adelaide sailed to Bangka Island where personnel commemorated sacrifices made

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One of Australia's most decorated military nurses, Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel, has been immortalised in bronze at the Australian War Memorial. Story by Melinda Hoare.

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‘Essential contribution’ of nurses recognised

10/05/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2534 Views 0 Comments AWM, International Nurses Day, Vivian Bullwinkel

In recognition of International Nurses Day (May 12), the Australian Defence Force’s senior health leaders have paid tribute to the

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A statue of Vivian Bullwinkelimplaced at The Australian War Memorial (left) and being craned into place. Photos supplied.

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Vivian Bullwinkel set in bronze at AWM

02/08/202303/08/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2956 Views 0 Comments Australian War Memorial, AWM, Vivian Bullwinkel

The Australian War Memorial has unveiled a sculpture of Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel AO, MBE, ARRC, ED, in the grounds

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A glass-panel depiction of Australian Army nurses in WWII – part of a magnificent national memorial to Service Nurses on Anzac Parade, Canberra, dedicated in 1999. Photo by Brian Hartigan.

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Australians asked to share stories of nurses massacred on Bangka Island

15/03/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3604 Views 0 Comments Australian Army Nursing Service, Bangka Island Massacre, SS Vyner Brooke, Vivian Bullwinkel