Tuesday, 18 June 2024

Members statements

A Symphony of Survival: Remembering the Vocal Orchestra

John BERGER (Southern Metropolitan) (14:53): If you will indulge me, I have three matters to raise quickly today. First, last Friday I had the pleasure to visit the Shrine of Remembrance to represent my good friend the Minister for Veterans at the Symphony of Survival, a service dedicated to the women’s vocal orchestra that was formed in the prisoner-of-war camps, the nurses camps, in Sumatra to lift the spirits of those in the awful conditions they experienced.

It was an awesome event, and I want to thank the team, in particular Liz Allwood, Emily Malone and the KeyTones Choir, and Dr Elizabeth Lavender for their work.