- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0462
MacPherson, Daisy Cardin (Tootie)
- Maiden name Keast, Daisy
- Born 9 March 1911, Junee, New South Wales, Australia
- Died 14 November 1989
- Occupation Servicewoman
Summary
Tootie Keast (later MacPherson) was one of six Australian Army Nursing Service sisters who were taken Prisoner of War on 23 January 1942 in Rabaul, New Britain. The sisters spent three and a half years interned with civilian nurses and missionaries. At first they were held at Vunapope Catholic mission before being transferred to Yokohama and then Totsuka.
After the War in the Pacific had ended a Japanese official told the women that their imprisonment was over. At the end of August an American officer found them, and arranged for their repatriation. They were flown back to Australia via the Okinawa Islands and Manila. [1]
On 10 April 1946, MacPherson was discharged from the Australian Army.
[1] Guns and Booches p. 149
Archival resources
- National Archives of Australia, National Office, Canberra
- National Archives of Australia, Melbourne Office
- Australian War Memorial, Research Centre
Published resources
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Resource
- Brave Women, Angell, Barb, http://www.angellpro.com.au/women.htm
- Trove: MacPherson, Daisy Cardin (1911-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-743085
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Resource Section
- KEAST, DAISY CARDIN, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2002, http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/veteran.asp?ServiceID=A&VeteranID=282873