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Local Connection to Fallen Nurse

Joy Cassidy presented a touching talk as guest speaker at Cohuna RSL’s last Thursday meeting. Joy spoke of her Aunt, Rosetta Joan Wight who was one of the 21 nurses massacred by the Japanese in WW2 after their surrender at Radji Beach, Bangka Island.

Born 3/12/1908 in Fish Creek, Joan was the second eldest of 4 children to L

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