This is the story of one of Austrlia's most remarkable women. As a captive of the Japanese in World War II, Wilma Oram, a young Australian nurse, experienced the very worst of human brutality; starvation, depravation and degradation. Yet, through comradeship of her fellow prisoners, she also encountered humankind at it's best.
After subsisting for three and a half years on a diet of filthy rice and rotten vegetables, emptying sewage pits with half a coconut shell and preparing her own coffin nails, Wilma's life after liberation could never be ordinary.
Following her return to Australia she was inspired to help her fellow ex-POW's and war veterans through her tireless work with the RSL. As a public speaker, she strove to instill in her younger generation an awareness of the futility of war and the need to love and understand our fellow human beings.
Wilma Oram Young was a woman of inner strength and profound humanitarianism. This inspirational and sensitive account of her unique life is a moving and evocative tribute to a silent angel.
