I found an Article in the Advertiser, Tuesday, 20, April 1943 about Hospital ship Newfoundland and the exchange of British and Italian prisoners.
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Exchange Of British And Italian Prisoners (1943, April 20). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2025, from
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48909463I came across another Article in the Advertiser, with horrible news, Tuesday, 19, October 1943. German Attack on Hospital ship, Newfoundland.
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German Attack On Hospital Ship (1943, October 19). The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2025, from
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48771246There is another, more detailed, Article in the Advocate, Hospital ship set on fire, Tuesday, 19, October 1943.
Some extracts from the Article, are below.
German planes dive-bombed and set fire to the hospital ship Newfoundland, off Salerno. There were no wounded aboard, but six Nurses and also all the doctors and a number of the ship's officers were killed.
An able seaman aged 22 paid a tribute to British and American nurses who tended men wounded in the attack, while German fighters were machine-gunning the decks.
The crew and medical corps men thought first, of the nurses, but the nurses could not be convinced that they should get out of the danger zone. However, the survivors escaped without
injury."
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HOSPITAL SHIP SET ON FIRE (1943, October 19). Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved February 22, 2025, from
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68828199According to Wikipedia in HMHS Newfoundland Article.
The six Nurses who were killed were Matron Agnes McInnes Cheyne, QAIMNS, 206099, Sister Una Cameron, TANS, 209965 aged 31, Sister Dorothy Mary Cole, QAIMNS, 218052 aged 29, Sister Phyllis Gibson, QAIMNS, 223596 aged 31, Sister Mary Lea, TANS, 213741, aged 31, and Sister Margaret Annie O’Loughlin, QAIMNS, 234988, aged 27.
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