Dougwe wrote:

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No doubt in my mind.

J.O.K

The great Johny O'Keefe.

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 That,s him Doug.

John Michael O'Keefe (19 January 1935 6 October 1978) was an Australian rock and roll singer whose career began in the 1950s. Some of his hits include "Wild One" (1958), "Shout!" and "She's My Baby". In his twenty-year career, O'Keefe released over fifty singles, 50 EPs and 100 albums. O'Keefe was also a radio and television entertainer and presenter^[1]

Often referred to by his initials "J.O.K." or by his nickname "The Wild One", O'Keefe was the first Australian rock n' roll performer to tour the United States, and the first Australian artist to make the local Top 40 charts. He had twenty-nine Top 40 hits in Australia between 1958 and 1973.

O'Keefe was the younger brother of Australian jurist Barry O'Keefe (a former head of the New South Wales ICAC). His father, Alderman Ray O'Keefe, was Mayor of Waverley Council in the early 1960s.^[2] Through Barry, O'Keefe was the uncle of Australian television personality Andrew O'Keefe.

O'Keefe died in 1978 from a drug overdose.

 

 

Dougwe wrote:

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Have another go Santa.

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 Thanks Doug, on with the thinking cap, gonna have to try to make it a little bit tougher this time.

I think she was a Nurse in WW2, but the name escapes me !!

The name just escapes me but I'm sure it will come to me in time. The medals give her away.

Correct Ken.

A remarkable woman, the only survivor of the Bangka massacre where the Japanese forced 21 nurses into the surf and machine gunned them.

Vivian Bullwinkel

Vivian Bullwinkel was born on 18 December 1915 in Kapunda, South Australia, to George Albert and Eva Bullwinkel (née Shegog). She had a brother, John. She attended Broken Hill High School, where she was School Captain in 1933. She trained as a nurse and midwife at Broken Hill, New South Wales, and began her nursing career in Hamilton, Victoria, before moving to the Jessie McPherson Hospital in Melbourne.^[1]

Second World War

In 1941, wanting to enlist for service in the Second World War, Bullwinkel volunteered as a nurse with the Royal Australian Air Force but was rejected for having flat feet. She was, however, able to join the Australian Army Nursing Service; assigned to the 2/13th Australian General Hospital (2/13th AGH), in September 1941 she sailed for Singapore. After a few weeks with the 2/10th AGH, Bullwinkel rejoined the 13th AGH in Johor Bahru.^[1]

Japanese troops invaded Malaya in December 1941 and began to advance southwards, winning a series of victories.^[2] By late January 1942 they were advancing through Johore and the 13th AGH was to evacuate to Singapore. A short-lived defence of the island ended in defeat, and, on 12 February, Bullwinkel and 65 other nurses boarded the SS Vyner Brooke to escape.^[3]

Two days later, the ship was sunk by Japanese aircraft. Bullwinkel, 21 other nurses and a large group of men, women, and children made it ashore at Radji Beach on Banka Island. Others on board either went down with the ship or were swept away and never seen again. The group were joined the next day by others making a total of about 100 including about twenty English soldiers from another ship sunk earlier. They elected to surrender to the Japanese. An officer from the Vyner Brooke walked to Muntok, a town on the north-west of the island, to contact the Japanese. While he was away Matron Irene Drummond, the most senior of the Australian nurses, suggested that civilian women and children should start off walking towards Muntok.^[3]

In an action that later became known as the Banka Island Massacre, Japanese soldiers came and killed the men, then motioned the nurses to wade into the sea. They then machine-gunned the nurses from behind. Bullwinkel was struck by a bullet which passed completely through her body, missing her internal organs, and feigned death until the Japanese soldiers left.^[4] She hid with British Army Private Cecil George Kingsley of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps for 12 days, tending to his severe wounds, only then realizing the extent of her own wound, before being captured. They were taken into captivity, but Kingsley died soon after from his injuries, which included a gunshot wound in his abdomen.^[3]

Recent evidence collected by historian Lynette Silver, broadcaster Tess Lawrence and biographer Barbara Angell, indicates that Bullwinkel and "most of" the nurses were sexually assaulted before they were murdered. However, Bullwinkel was "gagged" by the Australian government from speaking about the rapes at the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal in 1946.^[5]

Bullwinkel was reunited with survivors of the Vyner Brooke. She told them of the massacre, but none spoke of it again until after the war lest it put Bullwinkel, as witness to the massacre, in danger. Bullwinkel spent three and half years in captivity, together with Betty Jeffrey, Wilma Oram and Margaret Dryburgh; Dryburgh, the eldest, died in captivity around the age of 55. Another surviving nurse was Pat Darling, who died in 2007.^[6]

 

Morning Ken.

A face from my childhood, Lou Costello, used to think the duo of Abbot and Costello hilarious, different times.

Thanks Ken.

Lets try this young fella.

Big Gorilla wrote:

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Only you and I playing Santa. I've been holding off to give others a chance. Haven't seen Sheba for a while. Hope she is OK.

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 Your right Ken, for some reason numbers have thinned. I've wondered about Sheba, she mentioned she was unwell a while back, will send her a PM, hopefully she will respond.

watsea wrote:

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I will have a go.
Is it Peter Dutton?

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 Not Peter Dutton Watsea.

Big Gorilla wrote:

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I reckon it's a young Dick Smith...

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 I reckon your correct Ken.

Next please.

Big Gorilla wrote:

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Thank you Santa. Here's an easy one to get all you guys back in the game:

-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Monday 3rd of July 2023 09:02:38 AM

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 Easy! crikey, no idea.

Phil Collins ?

Thanks BG now who is this fella

Ah, yeah, remember the face but not his name.
I recall his appearances in a Aussie police/crime series, probably a Crawford Production.