Diary of Sister Vivian Bullwinkel, 1942 series 1 wallet 1 - Part 1

17^th Brigade
2/26, 2/29, 2/30, 2/15, 2/10 Field-Amb, 15th & 16th anti tanks
13th A.G.H.
22^nd Brigade
2/18, 2/19, 2/10, 2/10, 2/9 F.A., 2/2 M.A.C., 13, 14 Anti tank, 2/4 C.C.S.
10th A.G.H. 8 Div Sig.
Tues 10^th As many as possible to go to lunch - matron in tears heard
the death of her friend 1 so badly wounded, not to hinder boys shot him

Had lunch Matron announced all to go but 12, Matron, McGlade, Tait,
Kerr, Wilton, Oram, Ashton, Casson, Hempstead, Short & myself.
Other girls to hold selves in readiness to leave minutes notice
3pm orders everyone to go - raced & got small cases & hats & coats
all assembled - much handshaking, wishing of luck, messaging

team - wrote to Jim - removed masks from sacs to use for our
rations - 4.30 pm all went back to green house c.o. coming
speak to us . . had tea - c.o arrived made a very nice speech &
thanked us & latest orders were all to remain until 11 am
common - sat & had champagne on our villa verandah -
very little sleep - on wards & shelling - Big Bertha not far in
action.
Wed 11th 110 in all assembled 30 names read
out to leave immediately, Tommy, Andy & [[Maisie]]
to go - said sorrowful farewell to Andy - [[Clarry]]
to go on N.D. Jenny & I carried on in full chapel
we've not hear dor seen anything of Jim for over a
week - bombing & shelling very near - [[?]] our

1942
Feb 12^th Thurs.
Tray of sweets snatched from hand by
Major Holmes and told to go for my
life to the quarters Jenny in middle
preparing leg for amputation
- chapel in chaos with dressings
dressing to be done to say
nothing of the sponging Hurried
farewell to boys who smilled but were
really sad at heart.

Arriving at quarters quickly changed
taking handcase & managed to get the
gramphone though into English
ambulances and so a  sad farewell
St Pats - Cookie ah Ling standing in

tears running down his cheek 'How
will I know missies come back' -
'Its a bad Blue' as he
wandered back to the hospital and
drove out of the girls Good bye
smiles from the A & D boys.

First visit to Singapore since our
arrival at St Pat's place wrecked
many quarters drive to
St Andrews Cathedral where we joined
the 10^th E.G.H. names taken & told
would be leaving in [*portable*]
three days 

ack ack from ground making us
quickly flatten down - re entered
ambulance & drove to docks - boys
cheering moving along the roads
hundreds of cars near docks just driving
into harbour or bombed - single file
along the wharf - a couple of raids.
boardered tug plus [[?]] & child
Drummond takes howling baby from
crying mother & fed the infant - waved
goodby to Col White & Capt Abromavitch -
Stop along side small ship none
other than Vyner Brook - Jimmy Miller
on look out for Harris & I give in his
cabin & makes us as comf as possible
looked after us marvellously well
cigarettes - whisky & everything in could
[[?]] drawing out into harbour and
looking back at Singapore place just
a mass of flames along water front
Island burning on the other
side a terrible & unforgetful sight -
retired early to a disturbed night
much shouting & ringing of bells - found
out next morning we were lost
amongst mines field & only Bill Sedgman
good navigating got us through with
only the fires to guide him.

Anchored near an island most of the day
food question very grim [[?]] got
down on our army rations - everything
pooled & having two meals a day of
army rations [[?]] biscuits  & bully beef.
Jim & [[?]] still doing their utmost for us.
life belt drill - if necessary all civilians
to boats first whilst girls can to go overboard
& swim others allotted to boats - fingers
being kept cross - almost ran into a
naval battle much searchlights just
reaching over, in took shelter behind an
island
Sat 14
Beautiful sunny morning, calm sea &
anchored very pretty island - peacefulness
disturbed as planes flew over &
machine gunned boat all took to
lower deck as pre arranged but raid

all over & much discussion on planes
[[?]] us or enemy aircraft - took
up anchor & steamed along - 2 pm
air raid siren all down to lower
deck & flat down & six planes
attacking - once more bombs hit
second third time out of 20 bombs
third bomb below water line. 

pound onions garlic tawchoo fry - pork, cabbage
chap chye stuff - add turnips add prawns -
sp onions celery (sliced) s & p - serve with braised
sambol  if main dish use chicken.

chap chye stuff - sort & soak in water - lotus
flower tie in knots - others slice
Prawns for Nazi lemak
Nazi lemak 1 coconut first extract 1 cup
very thick milk - then extract No 2. - stand
rice in No 2 milk for 2 hrs -1 mark  measure &
boil - when drying add thick milk & steam
off. pandang or bay leaves for flavour.
Prawns big prawns - chop [[?]] leave on skins
thick paste of tamarine, a chinese [[?]] (thick)
salt add prawns to mixt stand little while
rice and all in pan- put all in & cook till
dry
fish slice rub 1/4 ground saff & salt deep fry

fish curry fish slice grind onion garlic ginger

fresh chili saff, [[?]]
[[?]] - fry - ^add juice of coconut little  [[tam]] water
serve with [[braised]] sambal & cucumber
Spinach pound onions garlic dried prawns chili
coarsly- fry with spinach little coconut milk
Fugar
Sl. cabbage finely, onions garlic slice fry [[?]]
fry cabb. add whipped eggs & ad - green chillies

bamboo shoot  parboil with sug first throw water
away.
sliced chili always add last.
onion garlic add first
streaky pork use.
[[?] ]rice for Nazi lema or yellow rice - use
less water.
Tawchoo don't cook too much

Curry Tiffin

Banana leaf add worked rice with sambal prawns

cucumber [[?]] 1/2 coconut milk wrap

in leaves & put in oven & same with  tomato a

[[?]] curry

Nasi Kunyah (Drena Boswell)

Cook rice 1/2 pounded suff (just coloured) is (not much

water) when drying rice add 1 [[at]] coconut milk

raisins almonds fried sl onions & garlic (lots) 1

tbsp butter stir & allow to dry out slowly - serve with

kroppok H.B. eggs inc lettuce, tom, omelettes prawn

fritters & fried onions.

[upside down section - whistle for all on deck to take to boats

Wight Nourse Cuthbertron several civilians injured]

put back chicken add tamarine water add
sl onions garlic ginger simmer for while
add white sugar.
Fish tawchoo (dry)
1 whole fish fry golden brown well sl onion
garlic ginger chili spring onions xx celery &
[[?]] 1 1/2 tawchoo ∧[[four ?]] pound - plenty oil same
as fried fish in add taw choo - very little water
added fry in onions garlic ginger when cooked
add chili spring onions & celery (must be
thick gravy) - fish in dish pour gravy on it.
variation (soupy)
sl fish - pound taw choo, pound onions garlic
sl little ginger - slit green & red chilies, celery
sp onions. fry tawchoo, add onions & garlic
add water consistency soup add fish - add
ginger & slit red & green chili, sp onions & celery
served with chili garam
Fish Bali soup
pound onions garlic -  make prot balls
vermicilli sp - onions celery cut very fine
sl chili - tong choy - oil add onions & garlic
do not brown gravy must be white. add
first balls little long choy - bring boil add
vermicilli - senna then add sp onion
celery more long choy.
Fish
(fry fish in slices) sl onions garlic ginger chili
oil add onions garlic ginger - [[?]]
[[?]] tamaric water - boil -  add fish, sug
celery, spring onions. 

Country Captain

Segment chicken - grind chili, saff (small) trassi fish

paste - juice of [[one]] coconut made in no 1 & no 2

[[think]] sl onions garlic (brown individually

golden brown) - make paste of ingred with no 2

cocomilk - boil chicken in this till tender

add no 1 - separate frying pan add oil take

out chicken & fry brown add juice into fried

chicken - let gravy dry up slightly - [[?]]

fried onion & garlic - may serve with potatoe

chips.

Variation (Ceylon style)  2 tbsp small [[gintam]] 1 tbsp ling 1 piece

saff - juice 1 coconut onions sl dried chili

(meat or chicken) 2 [[gerkhins?]] ground with saff.finely.

onions fried to brown (aside) fry dried sl

[[chilis]] [[?]] oil fry [[?]] add meat or add

No 1 milk add no 2 [[?]] till meat cooked -

garnish with fried onions & chili.

Sambal goreng Curry

Pork meat, chicken or prawns.

Meat. saff trassi onions garlic ginger fresh∧ chili

senai [[languas]] 1 cocunut

Saff trassi 1/2 onions 1/2 garlic 1/2 senai all languas

grind - other 1/2 onions garlic ginger all chili

1/2 senai slice finely oil add ground

ingredients brown add meat  boil in No 2

onions garlic ginger senai (sliced) No 1 & chilies

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Chap Chye

Go to shop ask for Chap Chye barange - as much as 

cabbage turnips, soyu cubes [[(towhoo)]] pork

prawns onions garlic tomatoo bamboo

Fried Meh Mu   Rose Woodford

Pork, crab, prawns eggs pigs liver, tripe chinese

sausages, ham spring onions corriander [[?]]

or celery chilies taw choo onions garlic- cucumber

tow-gay - tawchoo

Meth Pork boil little gravy wash prawns heads -pound

heads - boil- boil liver, tripe - steam sausage - omelette

eggs - (pound taw choo - pound onions, garlic - I

fry onions brown also garlic - slice celery ad chile

ad cucumber (long strips) tawchoo long strips fry -

wash Meh Mu  in cold water & drain - par boil

towgah - heat pan nice quantity oil - add

onions & garlic, taw choo add meh mu & towgah

S & ketchup - peper - now add gravy from pork, prawns

put mu into dish - garnish with [[pork sl ?]], crab prawns

omelette long shreds - chinese sausage & trim [[?]]

sp onions fried onions garlic & coriander leaves

sl chili - inc.

Soupy Meh

Pork (prawns extra) kang kang towgah, fat cut

into cubes melted down - keep crispies -

Meth  pounds prawn heads make fair amt stock

drain - add pork & pork bones boil - shred

pork & ad prawns halves - steam towgah &

kang kang- meh mu through boiling hot

water - add onions to soup & pork crispies & shredded

pork  - ketchup - garnish sl chili

ramatin fish balls - raw fish pounded sprinkle

 salt water to paste - form balls drop into hot

water - roll remainder in sausage form

Pork Diah

Sl Pork plenty big onions sl in rings pound∧dried chili &

salt - oil into pan add chili add pork, add

onions, ketchup dark lime

[[rannatinis?]] prawns & chicken & some

chicken & button mushrooms.

Pigs Trotters

Boil Pigs Trotters till tender - sl onions garlic

ginger chili tamarine

Oil add Pig trotters - plenty ketchup - add

dash tamarind water addd onion garlic

ginger simmer add sugar to taste - take off

fire add chili

Variations add whole H.B. eggs & cook with gravy

Barlin Assoim

Pork cubed onions garlic several green chilies

saffron tamarine    pound saff to paste - 

onions garlic several slice - oil add saffaron

(green chilie slit)- add pork add tamarine water

add onions garlic [[ser-?]] simmer till pork etc cooked

lastly add slit green chili & sug to taste

Chicken

Disjoint chicken, onions garlic ginger chili

[[taste choo?]] tamarine

onions garlic ginger [[slice?]]  a lot chili sliced

pound tow choo - fry chicken nice brown 

remove - some oil put tow choo fry

Apple & Cheese pudding
2 cups soft bread crumbs 2 cups sl apple 1/2 cup sug 1/8 tsp mace

2tbsp butter 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 cup grated cheese 1 cup

pineapple juice - buttered dish - layers of crumbs apples

cheese sprinkled with sugar mixed with spices top crumbs dabs

butter, pour over pineapple juice - bake serve with cream or 

ginger [[?]] sauce

Crumb Pudding

3/4 cup sug 3 tbsp melted butter 2 cups toasted crumbs 1 1/2 tsp

nutmeg 1 tsp orange or lemon rind 1 cup dates or raisins 1 cup

milk 1 tsp Soda - mix in order given turn onto buttered

mold & steam

Raisin Peanut Stuffing

2 cups raisins 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup chopped onion 2 cups chopped

celery 1 1/2/ tsp s & nutmeg 1 cup hot milk 2/3 cup crushed

toasted peanuts 6 cups toasted breadcrumbs - wash

raisins melt butter add onions celery raisins & saute

few minutes until mixt soft combine hot milk &

peanuts add to raisins & crumbs mixture - for turkey

Mock Mince Pie
1/1/2 cups each raisins diced apples cranberry cider 1/2 cup

B. Sugar 1 tbsp vinegar 1/4 cup butter 2 tbsp flour 1/2 tspn each

nutmeg cinnamon 1/4 tsp cloves 2 tbsp minced [[?]]

peel orange - combine all ingred simmer 10 mins add

raisins cool & fill pastry shell cover with pastry bake [[?]]

oven 30 mins

Spicy Raisin Sauce

1 cup raisins 1/2 cup butter 3 tbsp brown sug 3 tbsp flour

2 tsp [[made]] mustard 1 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp cloves

1 tsp paprika 1/4 tsp S 2 tbsp molasses 2 cups water 1/4 cup

B. sug 2 tbsp vinegar - Blend flour seasonings molasses

next combine with water & vinegar & sug bring to boil pouring

over creamed meat add raisins simmer 10 mins

serve with baked [[loin]] or poultry

Crumb Xmas Pudding

2 cups toasted crumbs 3 eggs milk treacle or honey -

syrup sug - mix & let stand for 1 hr add all kinds

pres fruits 1 pres ginger 1 syrup - 1 liquer glass brandy

nutmeg chopped almonds almond essence - turn

into buttered mould steam 1 hr

Southern Chicken

wrap pieces in bacon & stick with 2 cloves & sprinkle with

B sug flour & seasoning place in [[bak]] dish & fat

bake in hot oven in 1/2 hr reduce heat to medium.

add water onion & cook till tender

Pate de Fore de bean 

2 tins caflves liver paste 1/8pt cream 1 tbsp madeira - Some

Wor sauce - toast -Beat cream mix paste paste

Madeira S & Wors sauce - grease dish brush with egg white

fill with paste cool - serve on toast

Cold Duck 

Sage & onion stuffing apple, fried apple, orange slices on top

lettuce orange slices grated carrots cheese parsley

sweet pineapple sauce

Sauced Pig Trotter

Boil till nearly tender ad 1 cup vinegar 1 dstp sug 3

pieces chop ginger simmer till tender

Sweet Apple Chutney

4 lbs green apples 1 lb fig 2 lb onion 4 ozs raisins 3 pieces

ginger (in syrup) 3 oz mustard seed 2 pts malt vinegar

1 lb brown sug S & p chop all ingred place with sug & vineg

& salt in cast iron  saucepan stirring constantly - boil then

simmer slowly 2 hrs - bottle seal when cold.

Roti Babi

mince & fry any left over bacon or [[?]] curry with chop onion

scoop centre out of stale bread & fill with meat, dip slices

in beaten egg or butter & fry.

Pork & Beans

Soak beans over night place pieces bacon & pork in

cass with beans [[tom]] water dsp golden syrup cook

slowly hrs

Herrings

layer herring sprinkle oatmeal on top bake &