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Old 04-06-2007, 04:51 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I guess their differing status did help in some ways. Nursing officers captured by the Japanese and Germans were not held for the duration as were men who were medical officers.
Many Australian nurses who were captured by the Japanese were just shot.
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