Vivian Bullwinkel | |
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 Studio portrait of Vivian Bullwinkel, taken in May 1941 | |
| Born | 18 December 1915 Kapunda, South Australia |
| Died | 3 July 2000 (aged 84) Perth, Western Australia |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service | Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps |
| Years of service | 1941–1947 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Battles / wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Officer of the Order of Australia Member of the Order of the British Empire Associate of the Royal Red Cross Efficiency Decoration Florence Nightingale Medal |
Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Statham, AO, MBE, ARRC, ED (née Bullwinkel; 18 December 1915 – 3 July 2000) was an Australian Army nurse during the Second World War. She was the sole surviving nurse of the Bangka Island Massacre, when the Japanese killed 21 of her fellow nurses on Radji Beach, Bangka Island, in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) on 16 February 1942.