Physical description

Grey dust jacket covered hardback book. There is a red border around the front and the title printed in red across the top. The centre of the cover shows a hand-drawn image of a nurse tending a wounded patient at his bedside. The subtitle is printed across the bottom in black.
The title is printed in red at the top of the spine and below that, in black print, it reads : 'with a forward by Her Majesty Queen Mary'.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'18' [Handwritten in blue ink on the top corner of the first page]
'Dorothy Verosta [?]' [Handwritten in blue ink on the first page]
'Royal Australian / Army Nursing Corps / Association' [Handwritten in black ink on the first page]

Summary

A collection of letters, diary extracts and accounts, written by Army Sisters on active service between 1940-1942. The nurses were members of Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service and the Territorial Army Nursing Service , they were recognised by the grey and scarlet uniforms they wore.
Includes a forward written by Her Majesty Queen Mary and an introduction by Dame Katharine Jones (Matron in Chief of the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service.