Family
She married in 1977, changing her name to Vivian Statham. She returned to Banka Island in 1992 to unveil a shrine to the nurses who had not survived the war. She died of a heart attack on 3 July 2000, aged 85. She was a distant cousin of country music singer Kevin Shegog.
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