Physical description

Light brown cover and spine. The title is printed diagonally near the top of the cover in red print, with the author's name above that in white print. At the bottom of the cover is the sub-title in black print. The background of the entire cover is a close-up image of the fabric of a soldier's uniform with a bullet wound and a silver medallion that reads 'Tobruk siege 1941'.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'B22' [Handwritten in pencil on the first page]
'with best wishes from /the author / Rupert Goodman / at the launching. / 19 April 1983.' [Handwritten in blue ink on the first page]
'presented by / D.I.Ireland to / Returned Nurses Club' [Handwritten in light blue texta marker on a white sticker with a purple border on the lower part of the first page].

Summary

The story of 2/4 Australian General Hospital during World War II. Over 6 years some 43,000 casualties were treated at Tobruk, Redbank, Jerusalem, Colombo and Labuan. [From Trove]