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 The Article above appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald (NSW, AUS) on the 11th September 1940. Barbara Mortimer Thomas was the daughter of Nehemiah James Thomas and Jane Emily Nora Clapcott  (known as Em) She was born in 1908 in Chatswood, New South Wales, and represented her country at international level at Hockey. She trained as a masseuse specialising in physiotherapy and childbirth tecniques. After touring with the Hockey team she settled in London to further her study in medicine at St Thomas's Hospital in Lambeth, London. The hospital was hit twice by German bombers, on the first occassion she and five of her nursing colleagues were buried in the rubble all of them perished at the scene, but Barbara held on for a further 12 hours receiving treatment through a small hole whilst a rescue was underway but just before they got her free another air raid began and the  hospital was then hit again. When the medics returned to the site after the all clear she had sadly passed away. Her grandmother was Elizabeth Tivey born in Nottinghamshire England, her grandfather James Thomas was originally from Pembrokeshire, Wales.                                                                  <<<<Back to Group 3 Media Index