Physical description

Illustrated book with dust jacket. Book has a yellow cover with title and author's name printed in white on front and spine. Dust jacket has a pale-yellow background, title and author's name printed in brown on front and spine. The front of the dustjacket also has a black and white photograph of the author (Alice Bowman) (seated) and Joyce McGahan (standing) they are wearing Sisters uniforms; a building of the Namanalu Hospital, Rabaul is behind them (1939). On the back cover is another black and white photograph: Rabaul panorama, and a summary of the book in brown print.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

On the front of the dustjacket is a printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, "This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by" Alfred Hospital Nurses League (handwritten in black ink) Also previous catalogue number handwritten in black ink on this label

Summary

A true story of a civilian nurse from the Government Hospital in Rabaul, who was held prisoner in New Britain (six months) and Japan (3 years) following the Japanese attack of Rabaul in 1942