Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Lilian Gladys Tompkins - Diary, 1941 - 1945
Primary Maker
Date
1941-1945
Physical Description
Level of Current Record
Single Item
Provenance Details
Location of original: Original diary is held by the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
Public Access Text
Gladys Tompkins published her memoirs (based on her diary) in 1977 titled: "Three wasted years: women in Changi Prison". (see Call No. D805.S55 TOM)
Subject Notes
Gladys Tompkins completed her nursing training at New Plymouth Hospital in 1927 and worked in Wellington, Dunedin and Australia before accepting a position as Health Sister at Batu Pahat in Johore State (Malaysia) in 1939, in which capacity she was serving when the Japanese occupied Malaya and Singapore. After the war she went back to Malaysia as a Health Sister and retired in 1955 after returning to New Zealand, where she settled in Hamilton.
Last Update
07 Jul 2023
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