The stories in 'Victory Roll' tell of some of the deeds performed in the final and victorious year of WWII. They add to a long tradition of gallant service and sacrifice and will serve as an eternal inspiration in the task of building a new world in which the spirit of the Four Freedoms must predominate. In making final victory possible, we lost many comrades, to w home this book, together with those which preceded it, becomes a permanent memorial.Green hardcover and spine with black text - 'Victory Roll The RAAF at war' on front cover and spine. The inside front and back covers have silhouette, green sepia pictures of a variety of aeroplane. Illustrations, photographs and cartoonsMessage from the Chief of Air Staff.... Air Vice Marshal, Chief of Ai Staff C.Joneswwii, raaf, end of conflict, test pilot, wewak, the sisters fly on, battle of borneo, the biscuit bombers, anzacs on bougainville, raaf pacific, return to timor, pacific landing, long range from darwin, air victory over burma, lifeline to china, photo recce, first over malaya, jungle dawn, the victory in europe, story of a prison camp, night flight over hamburg, youth's prayer at a war memorial, victory at the alps, waaf's good service

A brief biography on Grace Burke.A Tasmanian native, Grace had to fight to be involved in the nursing life as her father was opposed it, calling a dirty, filthy job. As luck would have it she chance on the matron of the matron of a nursing home at Lindisfare who spoke to her father, allowing her to go there to help out. She then move to Campbell Town Hospitown Hospital for nurse trainin, then Sydney for a midwifery course. When war broke out she enlisted and was posted to the Middle Eat in 1942. 1945 saw her at the army hospital in Bougainville, where she met a sick fellow Tasmanian, Raymond Burke of the 2/27th. Ray soon returned to the fighting but when the war was over he returned to Bougainville and they were married.. Grace's nursing background meant she was invited to join the the board of Mary Ogilvy Home, where she later became the matron for seventeen years until her retirement. Today she is a resident and is a a keen moviegoer.A photocopy of a newspaper clipping featuring a large black and white photo and five columns of text. The photo is of the head and shoulders of an older woman looking into the distance.'HOBART'[ink, photocopied, top right]world war 2, world war two, wwii, queen mary, sandy bay, coogan's, collins street, pacific, commodore rb irving, queen elizabeth, aquatania, hmas sydney, port moresby, japan, duntroon, burma, south africa, hobart, colebrook, conara, fingal, anzac, evandal, grace dyer, colonel leah