Index, ill, maps, p.196.non-fictionAn account of the Balkans campaign.world war 1914-1918 - personal recollections, world war 1914-1918 - salonika

An account of Laura Grubb's service as an Army Nurse in Salonika during WWI. The article includes parts taken from letters and diaries that have been donated to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. It provides a fascinating account of living and work conditions in the field hospitals, the celebrations surrounding Christmas with the patients, and the great value the wounded and sick soldiers placed on the nurses who assisted them in such terrible times.Full double-page spread magazine article that continues overleaf and on to half another page. The title is printed right across the top. There is a panorama picture of a field hospital and right below it a map of Greece. Slightly overlaying the image are a photo of Laura Grubb in uniform, and another more casual photo of her with friends and a donkey. There are three columns of text on each of the four pages.world war 1914-1918, australian nurses, wwi, ww1, australian army nursing serive, aans, salonika, laura grubb, living conditions, rations

Biographical piece about Sister Laura Eleanor White who enlisted with the Australian Army Nursing Service in 1917 and served as a Staff Nurse in the military hospitals in Salonika. The piece of writing provides interesting information on living conditions in the General Hospitals.Cover page has a solid black line border around the full page and the heading printed in the top centre. The following two pages are a typed biography. The final page is a full page portrait image of Sister White.world war 1914-1918, australian nurses, wwi, ww1, australian army nursing serive, aans, laura eleanor white, salonika

Daughter of Herman Strom, a Swedish sea captain and Mary Edington Rule Pyatt with 2 siblings: Eric Strom and Elsa Rule Strom. Born 1892 in Ascot Vale; died 1984. Christine trained as a nurse at the Royal Women’s Hospital for 4 years and enlisted on 24/5/1917 as an Army Staff nurse. Enlistment papers give her religion as Unitarian. Her letters written to her family (“Letters from Salonika”) and her WW1 diary are held at the Australian War Memorial. After marriage she lived at 12 Lock Street from 1923-1981. Married Walter Hugh Bonwick and had 2 sons William James (Bill) and John Edwin. Pastimes: Joined the Scout Movement and became ‘Akela’ to the cubs of Yooralla, Balwyn; wrote prose and poetry and had a book of verse published; entitled “We came in a Freighter”. A black and white photograph of a lady, wearing a long dark coloured dress. She has short fair hair. There is a table beside her and a picture hanging on the wall behind her.nurses, scouts, mont albert, surrey hills, world war, 1914-1918, writer, loch street, miss christine erica strom, mrs christine erica bonwick, assoc prof william (bill) bonwick, mr john bonwick, walter hugh bonwick

Ill, maps, p.43.A personal account of the Gallipoli campaign world war 1914-1918 -campaigns - gallipoli, world war 1914-1918 - personal recollections

Small hardcover book with a dark red dustjacket. The spine is torn at the top and bottom and there is an old tape mark on the bottom of the spine. The front has a black silouette of a soldier playing a bugle along the right side edge, beneath him is a solid black line with the author's name printed below across the bottom of the cover. The title is printed in black ink across the top. The title and author are also printed in black text on the top part of the spine, further down it reads '3/6 net' and 'Herbert Joseph'.non-fiction"This is the Diary of a V.A.D. (Voluntary Aid Detachment) in Salonika (present-day Thessaloniki in Greece) from June, 1917, til the end of the war, and a little beyond. It is a vividly written and entertaining piece of autobiography, enlivened by an attractive sense of humour. We feel the book will interest not only the V.A.D.'s of the Great War, but also the large public which is ever on the look-out for authentic books concerning the war period." - from inside the dust jacket. salonika, voluntary aid detachment, greece, world war 1914-1918