Physical description

Illustrated book with a brown and cream cover. The front cover features a black and white photograph: Sr Lilian Malster at No.3. AGH Mudros Harbour, Lemnos, September 1915. Title is overprinted on this photo in brown and white ink. Author' name is printed in black at bottom right of front cover. Title and author's name printed in black on spine. On the back cover is a map of the Aegan Sea with Lemnos circled in red, a quote from Sr Lilian Malster and a summary of the book

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

At the top right of the title page is a printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, "This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by" AHNL (handwritten in black ink) Also previous catalogue number handwritten in black ink on this label

Summary

A study of the work of Australian nurses based on Lemnos during World War One, with emphasis on 38 women (out of a total of 130) who came from small towns in the Western District of Victoria.