Faded blue cloth bound, hardcover book. The title is printed down the spine in gold letters. There is a small, gold, diamond shape in the middle of the cover with an empty rectangle inside it and the letter A embossed in it.non-fictionIn 1915 Anne Donnell left to join the Double General Hospital as a nurse for the Red Cross. These are the letters that she sent home to be circulated between her family and friends of her experiences abroad. military nursing, ww1, wwi, world war one, anne donnell, australian general hospital

Brown hardcover book with white printed heading and an image of an Australian nurse in uniform, below which is a faded image of a military base with rows of tents and six men. The dust jacket is an exact replica of the actual hardcover.non-fictionIn 1915, Anne Donnell enlisted as a nursing sister for the Australian Army Nursing Services. She travelled extensively during her war time nursing work to places including Marseilles, Lemnos, Alexandria and Cairo. Anne returned to Australia in 1919. Anne Donnell's diaries from the First World War were transcribed by Graeme Mitchell and Jan Leader. [From Trove entry]gallipoli, australian nurses, world war 1, ww1, wwi, anne donnell

Spiral bound typed document with a clear front cover and black card backcover.non-fiction'A cache of four diaries from a nurse in the Great war are revealed here for the very firsttime. hiiden in a suitcase for almost a century, these diaries give us a first-hand account of the war that was supposed to end all wars. Anne Donnell's diaries explode three myths about the Great War: that the ANZACs were courageous to a fault; that women in war cannot achieve the camaraderie that men enjoy ; and that the Great war nurses did not have intimate relations with these men. There is an added pleasure to these diaries - they are remarkable travelogues of their time. The Great War was the first chance many Australians had of seeing the world, and what a world it was! Anne Donnell takes us over the shining Arabian Gulf to exotic Egypt, and then through Imperial London and the Greek Island of Lemnos, before her tours England, Cornwall and Scotland. She is wide-eyed, curious and observant. Anne Donnell's original diaries were bequeathed to Jan Leader and Graeme Mitchell. Versions have been made public before, but the original impressions of this nurse in the war-torn Middle East and Europe are published here for the first time.' [Taken from cover page]women in war, world war 1914-1918, ww1, wwi, australian army nurses, anne donnell, australian army nursing service

Paperback book with purple blue cover & spine, red and white text one cover & spine, black logo and text on spine and colour image of a woman in army nurses uniform on cover. Top and bottom corners of front cover curling.non-fiction'This outstanding book tells the stories of eight courageous women through diaries, letters, photos, paintings and specially drawn maps. These women had the courage and strength for with the Anzacs are renowns and the compassion and tenderness that only a woman can bring. Sister Hilda Samsing from Melbourne became a whistleblower when nursing aboard the hospital ship Gascon, outraged by the bungled evacuation of wounded Anzacs. She defied censorship and kept a very frank diary, reproduced here for the first time. In 1914, Louise Creed, a Sydney journalist, was caught in the besieged city of Antwerp and mad a hair-raising escape from a German firing squad. Brisbane's Grace Wilson, ordered to establish an emergency hospital on drought-stricken Lemnos Island, arrived there to find suffering Anzacs but no drinking water, tents or medical supplies. Grace and her nurses saved the lives of thousands who had been wounded at Lone Pine and The Nek. In France, Florence James-Wallace, Anne Donnell and Elsie Tranter nursed near the front line in the Casualty Clearing Stations, treating soldiers with hideous wounds or blinded by mustard gas. In 1918 they had to deal with an epidemic of Spanish flu, but their heroism was quickly forgotten. Two of these women received such meagre pensions, they died destitute. Publication of this book with its numerous illustrations has been facilitated by a generous donation from Dame Elizabeth Murdoch, keen that these stories become known to Australians of all ages.' [Summary from back cover] Has endnotes with full biographical details and an index.australian nurses, world war one, wwi, ww1, louise mack [creed], claire trestrail [swan], muriel wakeford, hilda theresa samsing, grace margaret wilson, anne donnell, florence james-wallace, elsie may tranter