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Local connection to fallen nurse I Australian Rural & Regional News

Joy Cassidy presented a touching talk as guest speaker at Cohuna RSL’s last Thursday meeting. Joy spoke of her Aunt, Rosetta Joan Wight who was one of the 21 nurses massacred by the Japanese in WW2 after their surrender at Radji Beach, Bangka Island. Photo courtesy The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper Born 3/12/1908 in Fish Creek, Joan was the second eldest of 4 children to Leslie Rivers Wight and Rosetta Frances Wight (nee Brown). In 1935 …
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Australian Rural & Regional News broke the news in on Thursday, August 28, 2025.
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