SA: Former Japanese military sex slave to get Papal honour
A woman forced to work as a sex slave for the Japanese military during World War IIwill become the first Australian to receive the second highest Papal honour.
South Australian JAN RUFF-O'HERNE will be presented the Papal Honour of Dame Commanderof the Order of St Sylvester at a benediction service in Adelaide tomorrow.
In 1942, when she was 19, Mrs RUFF-O'HERNE was one of about 200,000 women in the AsiaPacific region forced to work as sex slaves for the Japanese military.
In 1992, she became the first European victim to speak out about the atrocities.
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KEYWORD: PAPAL SA (ADELAIDE)
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