Irene Melville Drummond | |
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| Born |
26 July 1905 Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 16 February 1942 (aged 36) Bangka Island, Indonesia |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service/ |
Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps |
| Years of service | 1940–1942 |
| Rank | Matron |
| Service number | SFX10594 |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
Matron Irene Melville Drummond (26 July 1905 – 16 February, 1942) was an Australian Army nurse during the Second World War. She was the most senior-ranking among the 22 Australian nurses killed in the Bangka Island massacre on 16 February 1942.
She was mentioned in dispatches in 1946 for gallant and distinguished service in Malaya in 1942. Her last recorded words, uttered in a whisper as she and her colleagues were being marched into the sea to be shot, were "Chin up, girls. I'm proud of you and I love you all."
See also
- Clarice Halligan, also killed in the Bangka Island Massacre
- Vivian Bullwinkel, sole survivor of the Bangka Island Massacre