Yes we are going.
My three sisters, Rose, Max and Sue and I are travelling to Banka Island Indonesia.
It is 70 years since 65 nurses boarded the Vyner Brooke at the fall of Singapore. The ship was bombed by the Japanese. Some drowned but most ended up on Banka Island.
Our Auntie was one who survived the next 3 1/2 years. It is an incredible, but tragic, story.
We plan to go to the place where the nurses landed, where some were massacred, and where the rest were held as prisoners of war.
We are not sure how we will go. It may be emotional and upsetting for us. It is the rainy season and so will also be hard travelling.
We are not sure what we are taking on but we will see.
Hi Billy, Sounds like you are getting very organised. I am as well I guess. I am looking froward to it. It will be interesting and amazing. I think we will wish a million times that Auntie Jean was still here and so we could talk to her about it all.
ReplyDeleteSee you at the airport and see you in Singapore Sue.
Cheers,
Max