Sister
Wilhelmina
Rosalie
(Mina)
Raymont
Born in Prospect, South Australia, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Ernest Raymont
and Laura Rosalie (Neumann) Raymont
Sister of
Mary Elizabeth Raymont, John Albert Raymont, Laura Maud Raymont, William Devon Raymont, Florence Mabel Raymont, Nancy Raymont and Peggy Alexandra Raymont
Died
at age 33
in Nederlandsch-Indië
Profile last modified
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Sister Wilhelmina Rosalie 'Mina' Raymont was born in 17th December 1911 at Prospect, South Australia, Australia. She was the fourth daughter of William Raymont and Laura Neumann.
Mina was a nurse
Mina completed her training and was registered as a nurse. She gained employment in a Tasmanian hospital.
On 10th January 1941, Mina was commissioned as a nurse into the Australian Army Nursing Service and attached to the 2/4th Australian Casualty Clearing Station, then based in Malaya.[1] Along with 64 other Australian nurses and many civilians, including women and children, Mina was evacuated from Singapore on 12th February aboard the ill-fated Vyner Brooke. The ship was discovered by the Japanese as it was entering the Bangka Strait two days later, bombed and strafed repeatedly, and sank in twenty minutes.[2]
Sister Mina Raymont was a prisoner of war of the Japanese during the Second World War.
Sister Mina Raymont died whilst a prisoner of war during the Second World War.
Mina died whilst a prisoner of war on 8th February 1945.
Sources
- ↑ Department of Veterans' Affairs nominal roll: TFX6012 Sister Wilhelmina Rosalie Raymont; accessed 29 Feb 2020
- ↑ Shaw, Ian W. 'On Radji Beach: The Story of the Australian Nurses after the Fall of Singapore'. MacMillan, Sydney, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4050-4024-2
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