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Book - Hardcover book, Rupert Goodman, A hospital at war : the story of 2/4 Australian General Hospital 1940-1945, 1983

  • 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'.

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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

'B21' [Handwritten in pencil on the first page]
'To the Returned Nurses Club / with best wishes / from the author / Rupert Goodman. / April 1983.' [Handwritten in blue in on the first page]
'RETURNED NURSES CLUB OF VICTORIA / SUB BRANCH R.S.L.' [stamped in purple ink on the inside back cover]

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]

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