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Tape and glue bound paperback book with cover in poor condition with stains and corners curling. Tape on spine is light brown and text on cover is black. Tucked amongst the pages is the 'Servicewomen of Warracknabeal and District, Unveiling of Honour Board, Saturday, March 6th, 1999, Programme'

non-fiction

Book printed to coincide with unveiling of an honour board recognising servicewomen from the Warracknabeal and district area from the Boer, First and Second World Wars. Book contains a brief biography and photo of as many of the 68 women listed on the honour board as possible.

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Green book with title, author information and a photo of a building scene on the front cover

non-fiction

Contents: 1. 'We shall kindle in your hearts a touch whose flame shall be eternal' 2. Tying up the loose ends 3. On the road 4. The memorial becomes a reality 5. Making ends meet 6. A whole generation to late 7. An uncertain future 8. An offer too good to pass up 9. A truly 'living; memorial.

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Paperback book with faded photograph of Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance as background of covers and spine with black text used. Photograph shows the Shrine with the Union Jack flag on a stand at the front, people on the steps in uniform and an extremely large crowd in the foreground.

non-fiction

'Every day in the year is a pictoral record of the Shrine of Remembrance and the people who have embraced it.' [from first page text by Danna Vale, then Member of Parliament, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Minister Assisting Minister for Defence]

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Paperback book with faded photograph of Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance as background of covers and spine with black text used. Photograph shows the Shrine with the Union Jack flag on a stand at the front, people on the steps in uniform and an extremely large crowd in the foreground.

non-fiction

'Every day in the year is a pictoral record of the Shrine of Remembrance and the people who have embraced it.' [from first page text by Danna Vale, then Member of Parliament, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Minister Assisting Minister for Defence]

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Paperback book with purple blue cover & spine, red and white text one cover & spine, black logo and text on spine and colour image of a woman in army nurses uniform on cover. Top and bottom corners of front cover curling.

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'This outstanding book tells the stories of eight courageous women through diaries, letters, photos, paintings and specially drawn maps. These women had the courage and strength for with the Anzacs are renowns and the compassion and tenderness that only a woman can bring. Sister Hilda Samsing from Melbourne became a whistleblower when nursing aboard the hospital ship Gascon, outraged by the bungled evacuation of wounded Anzacs. She defied censorship and kept a very frank diary, reproduced here for the first time. In 1914, Louise Creed, a Sydney journalist, was caught in the besieged city of Antwerp and mad a hair-raising escape from a German firing squad. Brisbane's Grace Wilson, ordered to establish an emergency hospital on drought-stricken Lemnos Island, arrived there to find suffering Anzacs but no drinking water, tents or medical supplies. Grace and her nurses saved the lives of thousands who had been wounded at Lone Pine and The Nek. In France, Florence James-Wallace, Anne Donnell and Elsie Tranter nursed near the front line in the Casualty Clearing Stations, treating soldiers with hideous wounds or blinded by mustard gas. In 1918 they had to deal with an epidemic of Spanish flu, but their heroism was quickly forgotten. Two of these women received such meagre pensions, they died destitute. Publication of this book with its numerous illustrations has been facilitated by a generous donation from Dame Elizabeth Murdoch, keen that these stories become known to Australians of all ages.' [Summary from back cover] Has endnotes with full biographical details and an index.

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A hardback book bound in pale olive green bookcloth with red text and details on the cover and spine. The book has damage to the edges of the covers and inside the front cover part of the original dust jacket is glued.

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A memoir about author's experience of working as a nurse for the Australian Army during World War One. [Appears to have been fleshed out from diary/journal entries]

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Article about war veteran Vivan Statham [neé Bullwinkel] being appointed the warden of the West Australian State War Memorial and the accompanying duties.

Clipping has masthead and article with long photograph of older man and woman standing infront of an obelisk shaped memorial and one column of text.

vivian bullwinkel, vivian statham, bangka island, world war 2, wwii, ww2, sir george bedbrook

Article listing some of the women of Victoria who received honours in the 1951 King's New Year's Honors [sic] List. Most of the information is missing however there are photos of and information on Dr Lucy Bryce and partial information about Annie Moriah Sage.

Partial clipping of article with introductory paragraph, two black and white photographs of older women and two incomplete columns of text.

annie moriah sage, lucy bryce, 1951 king's new year's honors list

Article about Marjorie Holding's visit to China during her term as Matron of Epworth Hospital, under the auspices of the Australian and Chinese Red Cross.

Clipping has main article with black and white photograph of an older woman in nurses uniform and three columns of text. There is another small article at the end of the third column of the main article.

marjorie holding, china, epworth hospital

Article about book 'One life is ours' by Colonel Joan Crouch and the story behind it of Sister Ada Joyce Bridge who was a survivor of the Vyner Brooke and was executed on Bangka Island in 1942.

Article with black and white photograph at the top of three older women standing in front of the portrait of an army nurse in uniform, with two columns of text and a clipping of newspaper title and date sticky taped to top of clipping

joan crouch, ada joyce bridge, wilma young [oram], pat darling [gunther], vyner brooke, bangka island, world war 2, ww2, wwii

Biographical article about the service of Colonel Edna Doig, retiring Matron-in-Chief of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps.

Article featuring three columns of text and one large black and white photograph of a woman in uniform seated on a chair. The clipping also has two and a bit advertisements and another small article down the right hand side.

'HERALD SAT June 20 1970' [Blue ink towards the top of the page]

edna doig, royal australian army nursing corps

Biographical article about Constance Fall, her army nursing service, civilian nursing service, awards she has received and causes she contributed her time and expertise to, such as the health of infants and mothers. She has received the Australian Red Cross Society's Distinguished Service Award, Florence Nightingale Medal and an Order of the British Empire.

Article with two black and white photographs, five columns of text and printed on paper with a pink hue

'WWII' [Blue ink at the top of the page]

constance fall, australian army nursing service

Biographical article about Joan Kirwan, her Royal Australian Air Force nursing career, her time as a civilian nurse and how after her retirement she makes soft toys inspired by children's books.

Article with two black and white photographs, four columns of text and a small paragraph clipping attached with corrections printed after the article. Parts are highlighted in green highlighter.

'NC11' [Blue ink at top of page] [various green highlighter marks on page and attached correction clipping]

joan kirwan, raaf nurse, associate royal red cross medal awardee

Article about the brother of WWII nurse Mona Wilton attempting to have service nurses recognised at the Australian War Memorial through some sort of monument to their service. Article also contains biographical information about Mona Wilton and other Vyner Brooke nurses.

Full page article with three black and white photographs and five columns of text

'From Mary Gantry[?]' [Handwritten in pencil at the top of the page]

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Article about the official opening of the health centre on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of 3 Camp Hospital and 2/4th Australian General Hospital in Puckapunyal. The ceremony was attended by original medical personnel, current personnel and other community members. There is information on the facility and the history of the previous hospitals.

Clipping with three black and white photographs of people, many in uniform in formation and one column of text

3 camp hospital, 2/4th australian general hospital, 2/4th agh

Brief article teaser for a full article. It is about an older couple who met during WWII and dated, and presumably later married. The teaser also mentions they don their uniforms to tell stories of their war years to school children.

Page mostly taken up with large colour photograph of an older man in a hat, an older woman in an army nurses uniform with two dogs sitting on a motocycle. Underneath photo is two column of text.

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This article is about a number of Australian women who served as nurses in the Australian Imperial Forces (AIF) during World War Two in Malaya. It a general interview with them talking about their experiences, after their return to Australia.

Newspaper clipping with four black and white photographs of women in hats and five columns of text. Clipping is a little degraded with some tears.

'WWII' [blue ink top of page]

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Book has no dustjacket, is bound with blue book cloth and has gold text on the spine

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'As the effects of the war raging in Europe begins to be felt at home in London, Monica Dickens decides to do her bit and to pursue a new career, and so enrols as a student nurse at a hospital in rural Hertfordshire. By nature clever and spirited, she struggles to submit to the iron rule of the Matron and Sisters, and is alternately infuriated and charmed by her patients. That's not to mention the mountains of menial work that are a trainee's lot. But there are friends among the staff and patients, night-time escapades to dances with dashing army men, and her secret writing project to keep her going.' [From Trove record]

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Paperback book with a red cover that has a colour photo of an elderly man on the cover and spine, and white writing on the cover and spine

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'Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop is known for looking after the men under his command during their time as prisoners of war. However, many would not know about his involvement in the Colombo Plan, his pioneering period in cancer surgery, and his time as a young and brilliant student who also represented Australia in rugby.' [From Trove record]

world war two, wwii, ww2, japan, prisoners of war

Paperback book with a yellow dustjacket that has a sepia photo on the cover and black writing on the cover and spine

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'Courageous men and women suffered and the lives of many were sacrificed when Rabaul fell to the Japanese in 1942. The Author was a civilian nurse from the Government Hospital in Rabaul and in Not Now Tomorrow she tells her story; a story of the Rabaul nurses - prisoners of the Pacific War.' [From back of dust jacket]

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Paperback book with a yellow dustjacket that has a sepia photo on the cover and black writing on the cover and spine

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'Courageous men and women suffered and the lives of many were sacrificed when Rabaul fell to the Japanese in 1942. The Author was a civilian nurse from the Government Hospital in Rabaul and in Not Now Tomorrow she tells her story; a story of the Rabaul nurses - prisoners of the Pacific War.' [From back of dust jacket]

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Book has no dustjacket, is bound with dull red book cloth and has gold text on the cover and spine

non-fiction

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Book has no dustjacket, is bound with olive green book cloth and has black text on the spine

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'This book is a simple one, though it does not deal with trivial things. It is offered as a contribution to Australian literature : reflections on travel, literature and science. There are two sections in the book: Travel notes from an Australian viewpoint, which I have put firsts; and Science notes, which I have put second; with two or three chapters that are of neither travel nor science.' [Excerpt of Foreward by the author]

charles fenner

Book with a black dustjacket, has a painted portrait of an older man in uniform on cover and white and blue text on cover and spine

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'The Albert Coates story is one of heroism, of courage, endurance and service. he is a great civilian as well as a great soldier and the book tells of his contributions to the development of medical studies and services in Melbourne-but the core of the book is his description of three-and-a-half years as a prisoner of the Japanese in Sumatra, Burma and Thailand. Written on scraps of paper of all kinds, toilet paper, anything, in rare moments of solitude between improvising medicines, amputating legs, appealing to the Japanese authorities and administering hospital camps, Albert Coates describes on of history's great feats of medicine. The first and last sections of the book have been written by Newman Rosenthal who also edited the prisoner of war section-so there is continuity of narrative.' [From front dust jacket]

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Book with a red dustjacket, had a photograph of a seated older man on cover and white text on cover and spine

non-fiction

'More than forty years ago Sir Edward Dunlop, then a lieutenant-colonel, began these diaries at the start of his imprisonment by the Japanese in Java and on the Burma-Thailand Railway. His meticulous observations of prison camp life were concealed all through the war; by the time peace cam in 1945, he carried with him a unique record of the lives of prisoners-of-war. As a commanding officer and a surgeon, 'Weary' became a hero and a legend to thousands of Australian and allied prisoners, whose lives were saved with meagre medical supplies and the instruments the medical officers carried on their backs through Java and Thai jungles. He says himself: 'Of some 22,000 who entered captivity, more than 7,000 died or were killed. Of their sufferings... only those who were present can fully comprehend the seeming hopelessness of it all as their bodies wasted and their friends died.' Sir Edward describes how the cmps were organised; he records deaths, cholera epidemics, operations, and torture; his own - rare - despair; the movement of prisoners up and down the line; and his constant struggle to protect the sick from being drafted into Japanese work parties. From February 1942 he was in the following Japanese prison camps; Bandoeng, Tjimahi, Makasura, Changi, Konyu, Hintok, Tarsau, Chungkai and Nakom Patom.' [From inside front dust jacket]

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Book with a red dustjacket, had a photograph of a seated older man on cover and white text on cover and spine

non-fiction

'More than forty years ago Sir Edward Dunlop, then a lieutenant-colonel, began these diaries at the start of his imprisonment by the Japanese in Java and on the Burma-Thailand Railway. His meticulous observations of prison camp life were concealed all through the war; by the time peace cam in 1945, he carried with him a unique record of the lives of prisoners-of-war. As a commanding officer and a surgeon, 'Weary' became a hero and a legend to thousands of Australian and allied prisoners, whose lives were saved with meagre medical supplies and the instruments the medical officers carried on their backs through Java and Thai jungles. He says himself: 'Of some 22,000 who entered captivity, more than 7,000 died or were killed. Of their sufferings... only those who were present can fully comprehend the seeming hopelessness of it all as their bodies wasted and their friends died.' Sir Edward describes how the cmps were organised; he records deaths, cholera epidemics, operations, and torture; his own - rare - despair; the movement of prisoners up and down the line; and his constant struggle to protect the sick from being drafted into Japanese work parties. From February 1942 he was in the following Japanese prison camps; Bandoeng, Tjimahi, Makasura, Changi, Konyu, Hintok, Tarsau, Chungkai and Nakom Patom.' [From inside front dust jacket]

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Grey hardback book with blue writing on cover and spine

non-fiction

War reminiscences and recollections of May Tilton, an Australian Army Nursing Service Sister during World War One.

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Grey hardback book with blue writing on cover and spine

non-fiction

War reminiscences and recollections of May Tilton, an Australian Army Nursing Service Sister during World War One.

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Red paperback book with colour drawings on cover and white and blue text on cover and spine

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'War memorabilia with a difference. The spirit of pariotism and self sacrifice which gave birth to an organisation such as the V.A.D. and allowed it to function, initially as a vouluntary unit in the early years of the war and later, through integration, as the Australian Army Medical Women's Service, is recorded for all time in this beautifully presented book. Accounts of service throughout Australia, in the Middle East and the S.W. Pacific, exhibit the particular brand of good humour and comradeship which was so much a part of service life. These personal experiences have been skilfully combined by Mary Critch (who herself saw service in Australia and the Islands) with photographs and official documents to create an absorbing story of both historical and human interest. The foreword is by Miss May Douglas, M.B.E.' From back cover 'Contents: Who Were the V.A.D.'s? Suitable Capable Women of the A.M.F. V.A.D Service Overseas 1941-1943 The Australian Continent Finding Our Bearings 1941-1942 The Australian Connection Reorganisation of the Service of the V.A.D. Training the A.A.M.W.S As Nurses The South West Pacific 1943-1946 Service With Occupational Forces and Demobilisation'

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Red paperback book with white text on spine and cover, spine writing from bottom to top

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'During World War II he developed blood transfusion in the Army and served at Jerusalem, Cairo, Kantara and Tobruk during the siege. When a Japanese invasion threatened he returned to AUstralia and shared in Hamilton Fairley's famous researches on malaria control in New Guinea.' Excerpt from back cover of book

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