Physical description
Illustrated book with white front and back covers and red spine. The front cover has a red, black and white photograph of a nurse and soldier: Sister Jessie Tomlins (AANS) and her brother Fred (1 ALH), Egypt. Title and author's name are printed in red below this photo. Abbreviated title and author's name printed in white on the spine. Back cover has abbreviated title printed in red and a summary of the book printed in black
Publication type
non-fiction
Inscriptions & markings
Inside front cover is a printed blue and red donation sticker AHNL badge under whish is printed "This book was donated to AHNL Inc-Nursing Archives by" Dorothy Owens March 2020 (handwritten in black ink) Previous catalogue number is handwritten in black ink at top right of title page
Summary
This book is an introduction to the social, nursing, military and political history of the time through the experiences of one nurse, Jessie Tomlins. This book follows Jessie's journey through her civilian training at Sydney Hospital to the wards of the 14th Australian General Hospital in Egypt and the rehabilitation wards in England. The book also details the social changes in the immediate aftermath of the war.