21 Hearts: Vivian Bullwinkel and the Nurses of the Vyner Brooke

Image: Stewart Thorpe

THEATRE 180 is thrilled to bring 21 Hearts: Vivian Bullwinkel and the Nurses of the Vyner Brooke to the Australian War Memorial. 21 Hearts will run from 23 July to 3 August 2025 as a part of 80th anniversary commemorations marking the end of WWII and will open the AWM’s newly renovated theatre.

Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion Soldier Buried in Grave With Wrong Name

Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion soldier Charlie Bob Ngakyunkwokka died from influenza in April 1945. It has now been revealed that Charlie Bob was buried in a Commonwealth War Grave bearing a wrong surname and age at death. Below: Thursday Island, 1945. A squad of The Torres Strait Light Infantry Battalion Training In their company lines.