Physical description

Illustrated book with light green cover. On the front cover, in addition to the title and author's name printed in dark grey and black ink, is a coloured photograph of the original Nurses Memorial Centre at 431 St Kilda Rd Melbourne. Title and authors name also printed on the spine. On the back cover are comments about the Centre by Vivian Statham (Bullwinkel) and Betty Jeffrey

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

At lower right of front cover is a printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, "This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by" M.J.Hanna (handwritten in ink) Also on this previous catalogue number handwritten in ink

Summary

This is a history of the Nurses Memorial Centre, including the fund-raising efforts of Vivian Bullwinkel and Betty Jeffrey who visited every hospital in Victoria with more than twenty beds, recounting their war time experiences. The nurses Memorial Centre is a living memorial to the heroism and sacrifice of the 76 Australian nurses who died during World War Two and to those who survived years in prisoner-of-war camps during that time