HEROISM IN CAPTIVITY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26078, 15 February 1946, Page 3

HEROISM IN CAPTIVITY

SISTERS OF MERCY Recently there arrived at St. Joseph’s Convent, at Patricroft, Manchester, England, eight Sister of Mercy who had been interned by the Japanese in Sarawak for three years and a-half. Before Japan entered the war they had lived abroad for a varying period ranging up to 35 years in the case of the Reverend Mother. A young man, a prisoner in the same camp, wrote/ to friends in Christchurch describing the heroism of these women, who worked and washed and mended for the other internees, nursed the sick, and cheered and encouraged the despondent during their long captivity. The letter was read at the last meeting of the women’s auxiliary of the Returned Services’ Association in Christchurch, of which Mrs H. G. Livingstone is president. The result was that members decided to send a gift to the Sisters as a token of appreciation of their courage, and at £ meeting of the auxiliary, held recently, a large food parcel, the contents of which were contributed by members, was prepared for early despatch to the convent at Patricroft.