Thursday 13 February, 2020
“Bangka Strait” written by Keith Shegog
February Fourteen, Bangka Strait, nineteen forty two
This day we remember the chosen few
A sinking ship, a prayer to Him
Survivors face a ten mile swim.
Australian Nurses, serving with A.G.H
Rally together, through bodies do ache
Helping the others, they make for shore
For those that strayed, they could do no more
Through the night, no reason to rejoice
On reaching shore there is little choice
Surrender, what else can be done
None could imagine the massacre to come.
Twenty two nurses marched into the sea
Sounds of gun fire, a prayer to Thee
One survived the final test
Twenty one more find eternal rest.
So remember, those the Good Lord took
Their journey began with the sinking of the Vyner Brooke
