Bangka Island massacre
The Bangka Island massacre was the killing of unarmed Australian nurses and wounded Allied soldiers on Bangka Island, east of Sumatra in the Indonesian archipelago on 16 February 1942. Wikipedia
Location: Bangka Island
Date: February 16, 1942
Perpetrators: Imperial Japanese Army
Victims: 22 Australian Army nurses; 60 Australian and British soldiers (some wounded); sailors from Vyner Brooke