SISTER GLADYS L. HUGHES, who was taken prisoner when the Japanese invaded Malaya and died in a prison camp in Sumatra in May this year. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hughes, of 7, Prospero Terrace, Mount Albert, and the only communication they received from her during her imprisonment was a letter about two years ago. Sister Hughes trained at the Thames Hospital and served as a sister at the Waikato and Rotorua Hospitals. Later she was matron of a country hospital in Victoria, Australia, for three years. She enlisted and went overseas in 1941.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 237, 6 October 1945, Page 9
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98SISTER GLADYS L. HUGHES, who was taken prisoner when the Japanese invaded Malaya and died in a prison camp in Sumatra in May this year. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hughes, of 7, Prospero Terrace, Mount Albert, and the only communication they received from her during her imprisonment was a letter about two years ago. Sister Hughes trained at the Thames Hospital and served as a sister at the Waikato and Rotorua Hospitals. Later she was matron of a country hospital in Victoria, Australia, for three years. She enlisted and went overseas in 1941. Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 237, 6 October 1945, Page 9
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