Personal Life
She was born as Vivian Bullwinkel on 18 December 1915 in Kapunda, South Australia to George and Eva Bullwinkel (née Shegog). She trained as a nurse and midwife at Broken Hill, New South Wales, and began her nursing career in Hamilton, Victoria, before moving to the Jessie McPherson Hospital in Melbourne. Post-war, she was Matron of Melbourne's Fairfield Hospital.
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