Physical description

Stapled booklet with black cover. Title and authors name are printed in white on the front cover along with phograph of a sculpture of two hands reaching towards each other ['hands' by Henry Moore]

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

Front cover has small printed sicker with previous catalogue number. On front end page the author has signed 'with best wishes Betty Jeffrey. At the bottom of this page there is a rectangullar stamp 'Alfred Hospital 21 Oct 1976 School of Nursing Library' with 'GR 30 [written in pencil] At the bottom right of this page the number '1876' is written in black ink

Summary

Annie Moriah Sage, CBE, RRC (1895-1969), also known as Matron A.M. Sage, was an Australian nursing administrator and Matron-in-Chief during the Second World War. She served in the Second Australian Imperial Force and saw service in the Middle East, Pacific Area, New Guinea, and Singapore. She is also known for arranging the repatriation of Australian nurses released from prinoners of war camps in Singapore