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Book - Hardcover book, Brenda McBryde, Quiet Heroines: nurses of the Second World War, 1985

  • Hardcover book with dust jacket. The dust jacket is light blue with the title printed in white and the author and sub title printed in red. The front cover has the author's name at the top followed by the title in large lettering. The sub title is beneath in smaller writing. The lower half of the cover shows a black and white image of three female nurses in uniform, happily walking arm in arm.

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  • Typed inscription glued inside front cover.

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  • Hardcover book with dust jacket. The dust jacket is light blue with the title printed in white and the author and sub title printed in red. The front cover has the author's name at the top followed by the title in large lettering. The sub title is beneath in smaller writing. The lower half of the cover shows a black and white image of three female nurses in uniform, happily walking arm in arm.
  • Typed inscription glued inside front cover.

Physical description

Hardcover book with light blue dust jacket showing a black and white image of three nurses happily walking arm in arm. The title appears in white print, the author and sub title are printed in red.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'RETURNED NURSES CLUB OF VICTORIA / SUB BRANCH R.S.L.' [Purple ink stamp twice on first page]
'RETURNED NURSES CLUB OF VICTORIA / SUB BRANCH R.S.L.' [Purple ink stamp on title page]
'A J Inglis / 5 Bowdle St / East Geelong' [Handwriiten in blue ink top left corner of first page]
'B061' [Handwritten in pencil on first page]
[Typed inscription glued onto the inside of the front cover as shown in the attached image]

Summary

The inevitability of war -- Mobilisation -- Dunkirk -- Britain alone -- The suez canal under threat -- The tragedy of Greece -- The siege of Malta -- Gibraltar -- Nurses on the home front -- War with Japan -- Hong Kong after the surrender -- The fall of Singapore -- Shipwreck and capture -- 1942 . . . Darkest before the Dawn -- El Alamein and after -- The Miracle of Penicillin -- Into Italy -- The battle of Mount Cassino -- Prelude to overlord -- The second front -- The collapse of the third reich -- The ultimate decision -- Internment: Bankinang and palembang -- Freedom. [Contents note from Trove]

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References

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