A Woman's War: The Exceptional Life of Wilma Oram Young, AM by Barbara Angell

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library copy with external stickers and protective plastic covering. Minor wear to book corners. Writing in pen on inside half-title page.

This is the story of one of Australia's most remarkable women. As a captive of the Japanese during World War II, Wilma Oram, a young Australian nurse, experienced the very worst of human brutality: starvation, deprivation and degradation. Yet, through comradeship of her fellow prisoners, she also encountered humankind at its best.

After subsisting for three-and-a-half years on a diet of filthy rice and rotten vegetables, emptying sewage pits with half a coconut shell, and preparing her own coffin nails, Wilma's life after liberation could never be ordinary.

After returning to Australia, she was inspired to help her fellow ex-POWs and war veterans through her tireless work with the RSL. As a public speaker, she strove to instil in her younger generation an awareness of the futility of war.

Wilma Oran Young was a woman of inner strength and profound humanitarianism. This inspirational and sensitive account of her unique life is a moving and evocative tribute to a silent angel.

Includes a new updated appendix on the Bangka Massacre.