Betty Jeffrey
Agnes Betty Jeffrey, OAM (14 May 1908 – 13 September 2000) was an Australian writer who wrote about her Second World War nursing experiences in the book "White Coolies". Life. Jeffrey was a nurse in the 2/10th Australian General Hospital during World War II; she was taken captive by the Japanese Imperial Army and interned in the Dutch East Indies. She later wrote about her experiences in the book "White Coolies", which partially inspired the film "Paradise Road" and the 1955 Australian radio series "White Coolies" . Margaret Dryburgh, Vivian Bullwinkel and Wilma Oram were fellow internees with Jeffrey. Betty