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Paperback book. Spine has the title printed down it in black print and a spine label taped to the base. Front cover is cream with a black border and green triangle shape across the lower right. Title and authors printed in black and above that is an image of a soldier in the cockpit of a tank.

non-fiction

A collection of twenty-four short stories about various aspects of World War II by authors such as Graham Greene, H.E. Bates, Kingsley Amis, V.S. Pritchett and Roald Dahl. The stories are based on first-hand experiences in all services and on the homefront. - From Trove record.

ww2, wwii, world war 1939-1945, war fiction, short stories

Cover image of the Union Jack wraps around the spine and back and front covers. There is a yellow strip along the top of the cover with the title printed in black. There are also five layered card images overlaying the flag on the front cover, each card depicts a different woman in a different uniform.

non-fiction

The memories and roles of women in Great Britain during the Second World War, both at home and serving overseas.

women in war, uniforms, women's uniforms, 1939-1945, ww2, wwii, world war 1939-1945, great britain-armed forces-women, nursing

The Jubilee Dinner took place at the Royale Ballroom, Exhibition Building, in Melbourne on the 2nd of July 1952.

Grey card two fold menu with a Scarlet red ribbon on top right corner on cover. The left fold features the menu written in French, and the right fold features the programme with list of guests.

royal australian army nursing corps, raanc, jubilee, general sir dallas brooks

Blue cloth-bound book with white dust-jacket. The spine has a dark green strip running down the left side, the right side is white with green print. The front cover has diagonal blue, yellow,green, pink, blue lines diagonally in the bottom left corner. In the centre is an image of Major Norris in uniform, the title is printed above and around the image in blue print.

non-fiction

The autobiography of Major-General Norris, Director-General of the Medical Services of the Australian Military Forces 1948-1955, and Deputy Director of the Medical Services of the 1st Australian Corps from 1943-45.

sir frank kingsley norris, wwii, ww2, world war 1939-1945 medical care, military medical services

Faded red cloth-bound book with an extremely worn and torn dust-jacket that has its spine missing. Title printed in gold on the cloth-bound spine. What's left of the dust-jacket is faded light brown with black print.

non-fiction

Written by the physician for psychological medicine at Guy's Hospital, London; Wing Commander, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. This volume explores the changing ideas behind the psychological effects war has on civilians and members of the military forces.

psychological effects of war, postwar years, morale, psychneuroses

Photographs depicting AIF nurses on service in Malaya during WWII. Point of interest is that this page in the Returned Nurses collection differs from the digitised version on Trove (see References) unknown why this is.

Large page clipping of seven black and white photographs depicting nurses in uniform at work with colleagues and patients. All photos have captions and the page has a heading in text.

'WWII' [blue ink, top left hand side of clipping]

wwii, ww2, world war two, malaya, aif nurses, olive dorothy paschke

Royal blue paperback book with an image that wraps around the spine, of a matron in red uniform and white veil, in the background is a brown image of women in uniform in a line. The title is printed in yellow. The author and subtitle printed in white. There is a white spine label semi-attached to the base of the spine.

non-fiction

As a triple certificated nurse Monica joined the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) and in late 1941 became the matron of an Australian military hospital at Puckapunyal. Then she was a matron at the internment hospital at Tatura, a hospital ship, 11 other Australian military hospitals, a camp hospital at Koitaki New Guinea. - from Trove.

australian army nursing service, aans, matron monica mcmahon, monica mcmahon, wwii, ww@, world war 1939-1945, military nurses, women in war

White paperback book with a large black and white image of a field hospital at the base of a hill, two of the white tents have red crosses on the roofs'. Above the image, the title is printed in red with the sub-title in black beneath it. At the top of the cover is a red banner with the series title and at the far left of the banner is the gold Australian Army pin. The text on the spine matches the cover and there is a spine label taped to the base.

non-fiction

To be successful, a modern army needs logistical support to survive - to arm, feed, transport, and care for its soldiers. As history shows us the maintenance of health in any army , is a key factor in warfare. In many respects the Gallipoli campaign was a doomed undertaking. The seeds of ultimate defeat in December 1915 were the risks that attended a hugely ambitious, complex, and large-scale amphibious operation - the landings on well-defended shores on the Gallipoli peninsula, under cover of darkness. Communications at the time were primitive, while general staff officers had little understanding of their own army's medical assets or the needs of a large medical organisation. The Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) received aid from, and gave support to, all five forces at various times during 1915. Underlying the execution of the Dardanelles campaign were factors wholly outside the control of the Australian AMS. - from Trove

gallipoli, australian army medical corps, aamc, medical aspects of war, wwi, ww1, world war 1914-1918

White paperback book . Title on the cover and spine label are royal blue and red. There is a spine label taped to the base of the spine. The front cover contains a black and white photograph of a group of children in pinafores being led by three older girls wearing blouses and ties, down a paved street.

non-fiction

Everyone knows that the Young Women’s Christian Association offers safe accommodation and healthy activities for women and girls. But there is much more to the YWCA than hostels and hockey sticks. – Back in 1911 the YWCA was debating equal pay for women, and in the 1920s it ran classes in sex education and psychology. After World War 2, the focus shifted to helping ‘New Australians’ and rebuilding war-torn communities in Japan and Singapore. In the ‘60s and ‘70s the ‘Y’ continued to set the pace, helping working women and single mothers, and running youth clubs and after-school programs. The YWCA also spread its wings during those years of expansion, setting up groups in Papua New Guinea, the new mining towns of north-west Australia and in isolated rural communities. – Whether it was teaching millinery or English as a second language, working for equal rights and social justice, or running employment agencies and cafeterias for working girls, the YWCA has always been there – helping women and meeting their changing needs in a changing world. – The Dauntless Bunch is the story of the women who, through their faith and energy, brought warmth, love and humour to the work of the Young Women’s Christian Association. – This is their story ....... - from Trove

ywca-australia, young women's christian association, women's organisations

Dark green paperback with spine label taped to base of spine. Title printed in white down the spine. Front cover has title and series information printed in white, overlaying an Australian Air Force emblem. In the centre of the front cover is a sepia photograph image of 13 men in long coats standing out the front of a large stone building.

non-fiction

History of the ancillary units of the Australian Air Force.

australia. royal australian air force -- history, military history-australia

Dark green paperback with spine label taped to base of spine. Title printed in white down the spine. Front cover has title and series information printed in white, overlaying an Australian Air Force emblem. In the centre of the front cover is a sepia photograph image of 13 men in long coats standing out the front of a large stone building.

non-fiction

History of the ancillary units of the Australian Air Force.

australia. royal australian air force -- history, military history-australia

Blue cloth-bound hardcover book with a worn cream coloured dust-jacket. The title is printed in white across the top, beneath which is an illustration of three jeeps driving in a row (from the perspective of someone sitting in the back seat of the third jeep). The bottom of the page displays black text with a red star above it with the letters ACF inside. The spine has the title printed in black across the top, a spine label taped to the bottom, and A.C.Fund handwritten in black marker in the middle.

non-fiction

History of the Australian Comforts Fund (ACF). The fund was "a commonwealth-wide voluntary organisation accredited to the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Military Forces and the Royal Australian Air Force and charged with the duty of caring for all fit and well members of the Australian Forces during the Second World War, 1939-1945" -taken from title page. This volume details the history from each individual state in Australia, as well as the service it provided overseas, and it's partnership with the Salvation Army, Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A.

ww2, wwii, world war 1939-1945, civilian relief, australian comforts fund, acf

Grey dust-jacket over blue clothbound book.The front cover has a large black rectangle with a white border, the title is printed in red at the top and the author in red text at the bottom. In the centre is a large illustration of an army nurse in a barren field. Along the border is a similar template, however, the nurse is dressed in a white uniform and veil, rather than khaki pants and top. There is a large spine label taped to the base of the spine.

non-fiction

A rare diary account of a young English teacher who volunteered for the Red Cross when war broke out in 1914. She was sent to the Russian Front Line in Poland and then Austria and Romania.

ww1, wwi, world war 1914-1918, red cross, military nursing, russia

Tables of exercises to assist instructors in the planning and application of daily physical training lessons for military personnel. This 1915 reprint includes additions and amendments including notes on marching and running training.

Small staple-bound booklet with a cream cover displaying a black double-line border on the front cover containing text printed in black. There is a white spine label attached to the base of the spine.

'VICTORIAN BRANCH / LIBRARY / ANZAC HOUSE' [stamped in red ink on second page]

australian military forces, soldiers - physical activity, military exercise, military training, marching

The special object of this handbook is the instruction and guidance of Nursing orderlies A.A.M.C. for nursing duties in Dressing Stations and Hospitals. It is intended also to be a guide and reference book for instructors and tutors in assessing the standard required for training in nursing duties. In addition, it is intended to be a handy reference book for use by nursing orderlies in the field. - Preface page 3

Staple-bound booklet with light brown cover with black print. Spine label taped to base of spine.

'VICTORIAN BRANCH / LIBRARY / ANZAC HOUSE' [stamped in red ink on first two pages] 'Capt RM ??ewhella' [handwritten at top of front cover]

ww2, wwii, second world war, world war 1939-1945, nursing orderlies, australian army medical corps, military nursing

Practical reference for preparation and identification of indigenous foods in Papua New Guinea for allied soldiers during World War 2. -from Trove record.

Small staple-bound booklet with light brown cardboard cover with black print. There is a white spine label at the base of spine.

'VICTORIAN BRANCH / LIBRARY / ANZAC HOUSE' [stamped in red ink on first page] '? Kettle' [Handsigned in blue ink on the front cover, blurred by previous water damage] 'NX30892 / Lieut. R.E.W.Kettle / R.A.E. / New Guinea Force / June 1943-?' [Handwriiten on inside front cover in blue ink] 'R.S.W.Kettle / Lieut. (R.A.E.)' [Handsigned on inside back cover in blue ink].

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This book gives you an outline of the arrangements made to assist you in returning to civil life. A very large book indeed would be needed to describe all the arrangements in detail. Therefore an endeavour has been made to tell you in the simplest possible form - What Provisions Exist; What Authorities deal with them; How to apply for them. -- Page iii.

Small staple-bound booklet . Cover is divided into thirds. The top third is blue with the words 'return to' printed in cream. The middle third is red with the words 'civil life' printed in cream. The bottom third is light blue with the sub-title printed in dark blue text next to a white emblem of Australia. There is a white spine label attached to the base of the spine.

'VICTORIAN BRANCH / LIBRARY / ANZAC HOUSE' [stamped in red ink on first page] [There are a list of months and calculations scribbled over the back cover in pencil] '[signature ?] / NX30892' [Handwritten in pencil on the front cover]

reconstruction - australia - 1939-1951, veterans -australia, veterans-employment, veterans-education, returned soldiers, civil life

Handbook produced for military personnel in 1919 by the Australian Defence Force. It provides detailed information on physical activity, its benefits, specific exercises, suggestions and rules for organised games. It also includes a section on recreational training, ranging from athletics meetings to cross-country running and sports like basketball, hockey, etc. It would have been a valuable resource for an instructor.

Worn, brown booklet with white spine label taped to base of spine. The front cover has a double black line border with title and content details printed in black ink.

'Basketball Pages 87-88' [Handwritten in pencil on the front cover beneath contents list] 'Second Liet. H.K.PARKIN / 6/29 INF. Reg. / DRILL HALL PRESTON' [Handwritten in black ink on the top of inside cover] 'VICTORIAN BRANCH / LIBRARY / ANZAC HOUSE' [stamped in red ink on index page]

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These medals were awarded to Patricia Catherine Vines of the Australian Navy and Royal Australian Navy Nursing Service (RANNS). Extracts from Sea Power Centre website (listed in references): "Patricia Catherine Vines was born in Fairfield, Melbourne on 5 September 1925. Educated at the Catholic Ladies College, East Melbourne, on completion of her Intermediate Certificate, Vines undertook secretarial training before working at the Department of Aircraft Productions and then the Gun Turret Factory at Fairfield where she was still working when World War II ended in 1945. It was while she was working in the X-Ray Department at St Vincent’s Hospital that she decided to become a nurse, beginning her training in December 1948 and becoming a Registered Nurse in 1952, and a qualified midwife two years later. In 1959, in search of something different, Vines applied for a civilian nursing role at HMAS Cerberus, Flinders Naval Depot where she was employed until leaving to travel to New Zealand, Canada and the United States in 1962." "Commander Vines was presented with a Royal Red Cross in early 1972. The medal, presented by the Governor of Victoria, Sir Rohan Delacombe, was awarded for ‘exceptional competence and devotion to duty’. Also awarded were Sergeant Leslie Bending of the Naval Police (left) who received the British Empire Medal for dedicated service, and Lieutenant Commander Winston James (right) who received the Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of outstanding leadership and bravery while serving as commander of the RAN Helicopter Flight in Vietnam. During that time (1971-1980) she was also appointed an Honorary Nursing Sister to Queen Elizabeth II. In 1972 Patricia was awarded a Royal Red Cross (RRC) 2nd Class in the New Year Honours List and in January 1981 this was upgraded to a Royal Red Cross 1st class. The awards officially recognised her exceptional devotion and competency in performance of nursing duties in the RAN." "Following a 16-year career in the Navy and having reached retirement age, Patricia Vines retired from the RAN in 1980 and ran her own nursing business in Melbourne until 1995. Patricia Catherine Vines passed away in Melbourne on 15 February 2010, aged 85 years." Vines was a consistent paid member of the Returned Nurses Club (Returned Nurses Sub Branch RSL Victoria) from 1989 to her passing.

A mounted set of six miniature medals (approximately a quarter of the size of the medals they represent) of various coloured metals with ribbons of many colours. The Royal Red Cross miniature medal is in the "shape of a golden cross... the obverse enamelled red, with a circular medallion, bearing an effigy of the reigning monarch [Queen Elizabeth II] at its centre. The words "Faith", "Hope" and "Charity" are inscribed on the upper limbs of the cross, with the year "1883" in the lower limb. The reverse is plain except a circular medallion bearing the royal cypher of the reigning monarch" [Wikipedia - see References], on this miniature medal the initials are ER. The ribbon is a dark blue stripe between crimson edge stripes and forms a landscape oriented bow that the medal hangs from the middle. The Australian Service Medal 1945-75 is "nickel-silver with the Australian Coat of Arms surrounded by the words The Australian Service Medal 1945-1975 on the obverse. The reverse has a Federation Star... The ribbon has central stripes of yellow and green, flanked by navy blue, khaki and light blue stripes from the Australia Service Medal 1939-45. A nickel-silver clasp with the name of the theatre or action for which the award is made is presented with the medal." [Australian Government Defence website - see References] This miniature has the PNG clasp and the navy blue stripe has faded to look more purple in colour. The Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal 1977 comprises a "silver disc with, on the obverse, the words ELIZABETH II DEI GRA. REGINA FID. DEF. (Latin abbreviation for "Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith") surrounding an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, symbolising her role as fount of honour.[6] On the reverse is a crown atop a wreath that contains the words THE 25th YEAR OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II 6 February 1977 in six lines... The ribbon is white with cardinal red bands along the edges...and a... garter blue stripe down the centre, bisected by another... line of cardinal red" [Wikipedia - see References] The Defence Force Service Medal is a "cupro-nickel circular chamfered medal. The obverse has the Joint Service emblem. The reverse is inscribed For Efficient Service In The Permanent Forces around the circumference. The ribbon has 3 equal stripes of gold and azure-blue edged with azure-blue. The colours were the national colours of Australia at the time of introduction." [Australian Government Defence website - see References] the blue stripes have faded to look more purple in colour. The National Medal is "bronze. The obverse shows the Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia within a rim carrying the inscription The National Medal For Service. The reverse is plain. The ribbon has 15 alternating gold and blue stripes. The colours were the national colours of Australia at the time of introduction." [Australian Government Defence website - see References] Again, blue has faded to purple on the ribbon. The Australian Defence Medal is "cupronickel. The obverse has a stylised version of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms as used on the Australia Service Medal 1939-45. This is surrounded by the inscription The Australian Defence Medal above a sprig of wattle. The reverse has the inscription For Service below the Crown of St Edward surrounded by 2 sprays of wattle leaves and blossom. The ribbon is red with black edges, the colours of the Flanders poppy that represent the Anzac spirit of the Australian armed forces. The white stripes divide the ribbon into 3 to denote the three Services and represent service contributing to the peace of Australia." [Australian Government Defence website - see References] The miniature medals are court-mounted on a rigid backing with a long pin and the backing covered with a full size strip of ribbon in the Royal Red Cross medal colours.

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This Royal Red Cross was awarded to Minnie Maud McNab who served as a nurse then Sister in Queen Alexandria's Imperial Military Nursing Staff Reserve, Dr Bird's Unit during WWI. "Appointed to QAIMNSR 22 January 1915 Arrived in Egypt 22 January 1915 Embarked Bombay 18 April 1917 Disembarked Basrah 26 April 1917 Posted No 3 British General Hospital 26 April 1917 Admitted to hospital 03 May 1917 Discharged 07 May 1917 Joined for duty at Bagdad 23 May 1917 Appointed Assistant Matron to 31 BSH at Basrah 01 December 1917 Mentioned in Lieut General Sir F S Mande's despatch dated 02 November 1917 London Gazette No 30570 Joined for temporary duty Baghdad 24 May 1918 Admitted OCD 29 July 1918 Discharged 17 August 1918 and returned to Duty Left unit to proceed on leave to India 24 August 1918 Proceeded to India on leave per 'Kina' 01 September 1918 Returned from Leave 31 October 1918 Rejoined unit from leave Baghdad 10 November 1918 Awarded Royal Red Cross 1st Class in recognition of valuable services with the British Forces in Mesopotamia 26 August 1918 (Gazette No 30865) Mentioned in despatches by Lt. General W R Marshall in his despatch dated 15 April 1918 (Gazette No 30867) Admitted to Hospital 11 January 1919 Discharged from Hospital 10 February 1919 31 B S Hospital 'Sister Minnie Maud McNab QAIMNS Reserve has served under me for eighteen months as Sister and Assistant Matron, the duties of the latter she performed to my entire satisfaction. I consider her a thoroughly well trained Nurse, most kind and attentive to the patients, she is energetic, reliable, punctual, tactful and good tempered. Her powers of administration and initiative are excellent and she has great ability in instructing the orderlies. I recommend her for further service if required, promotion and for full gratuity.' Transferred to UK for duty 21 February 1919 Embarked 'Vasna' 21 February 1919 or UK Appointment terminated 21 July 1919 Departed from her unit 21 July 1919 After taking a holiday in Scotland asked for temporary duty if her passage home was not available. Posted to Royal Herbert Hospital, Woolwich 08 September 1919 Postal address whilst awaiting repatriation Berrington War Hospital, Shrewbury Returning to Australia per 'Northumberland' trans-shipped at Bombay ex 'Macedonia' embarked England 01 November 1919" (https://ausww1nurses.weebly.com/mca-mcn.html) "The Royal Red Cross is a military decoration awarded in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth for exceptional services in military nursing. It was established on 27 April 1883 by Queen Victoria... The Royal Red Cross was originally a single class of Member and it was first awarded to the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. A second class, Associate, was added during World War I in 1917. The award is awarded to a fully trained nurse of an officially recognized nursing service, military or civilian, who has shown exceptional devotion and competence in the performance of nursing duties, over a continuous and long period, or who has performed an exceptional act of bravery and devotion at her or his post of duty. The decoration was conferred exclusively to women until 1976. Recipients of the Royal Red Cross are entitled to use the post-nominal letters “RRC” or “ARRC” for Members and Associates respectively." [https://collectionswa.net.au/items/25f38e85-6c15-429f-95b6-0a24c241e199]

A thin, black, textured leather coated box with gold lettering 'R R C' in the centre and '1st' in the bottom left corner. Has a white sticker attached to the top right hand corner with red handwritten 'M47'. The box has a small metal button on bottom section that when pushed opens the box. The leather is damaged and fraying around the edges and corners of the box and there are various scratch marks that have removed the black paint/dye from the leather in places. Inside, the box lid is lined with padded fabric (likely silk or satin), has the manufacturer details printed at the centre of lid. There is a small blue ink mark on the fabric in the top left of the inside of the lid and minor holes and wear in the upper portion of the lid. The bottom part of the box is a mount covered in blue velvet. The mount and velvet have a depression in the shape of the main Royal Red Cross (RRC) medal and ribbon. The velvet is dusty and has some fibres in the creases and across the whole area. "The badge for the RRC is in the shape of a golden cross, 1.375 inches (3.49 cm) wide, the obverse enamelled red, with a circular medallion, bearing an effigy of the reigning monarch at its centre. The words "Faith", "Hope" and "Charity" are inscribed on the upper limbs of the cross, with the year "1883" in the lower limb. The reverse is plain except a circular medallion bearing the royal cypher of the reigning monarch" [Wikipedia - see References], on this medal the initials are GRJ. The ribbon is a dark blue stripe between crimson edge stripes and forms a landscape oriented bow that the medal hangs from the middle. This box also contains a miniature medal, bearing the same description as above being of [approximately quarter size]. There is a white sticker on the underside of the box that has handwritten in black ink 'RNC / J McCarthy'

'M47' [red ink on white sticker attached to top of box] 'RNC / J McCarthy' [black ink on white sticker attached to underneath of box] 'M.M.McNAB / 1914-1919' [Engraved on bottom of the lower part of the full sized medal's cross]

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A.B.C Poem written by Sister Isabelle Williams

Single page with typewritten text F C.C.S. A.B.C Written by Sister Isabelle Williams capturing life in the Army

sister isabelle williams, army, nursing

A commemorative article about Sister Eileen Rutherford who died on board the AHS Centaur on 14 May 1943. Photographs of Sister Eillen Rutherford in uniform and the memorial book opened to the page with her name. The article reproduces a 1951 letter signed by Betty Jeffrey and Vivian Bullwinkle.

Single page black and white photocopy of an article with photographs of Sister Eileen Rutherford

sister eileen rutherford, vivian bullwinkle, australian nurses, australian army nursing service, ww2, world war 2, ahs centaur

Articles concerned with Hastings Anzac Day services

Newspaper clipping, black and white, with three stories and two photographs about Anzac Day commemorations. One photograph is of a group of soldiers in the trenches. amd one features five nurses on ship titled 'NURSES shipped out

Handwritten 'April '97'

bob shepperd, father williams, graham holt

Paperback book with title printed in red print across the front and spine on a cream coloured background. The lower half of the cover contains an image of soldiers walking in a line along a path on barren land, the first soldier carries a white flag, behind him two of the other soldiers carry a wounded soldier on a stretcher. followed by two more soldiers.

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In 1915, Private Roy Ramsay, freshly trained at a camp near Brisbane, set sail from Australia for the Middle East with the 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance. This account of his time in the Middle East and Europe was edited by Roy's son Ron from Roy's journal. [Trove]

roy ramsay, australian army- trnsport of sick and wounded, field ambulance, wwi, ww1, world war 1914-1918, first world war, 3rd field ambulance, medical care

Tan hardcover book with a lighter dust jacket. Front cover has title and author printed in red, There are five white images of badges from different Nursing Services positioned across the front and back covers.There is aspine label sticker at the base of the spine and yellowing tape across a tear in the front cover.

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Story of the British Army Nursing Services from the time of Florence Nightingale to the present day.

australian military history, queen alexandra's royal army nursing corps, nursing-history, great britain-military nursing

Hardcover book with a dark green dust jacket. Title is printed in white across the cover and spine. There is a small framed illustration of three military men on the lower part of the cover. There is a white spine label sticker at the base of the spine.

non-fiction

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Blue paperback book with the title printed in white across the top of the front cover and along spine. The remainder of the cover is covered by a blue and brown illustration of a nurse in white uniform, overlaid along the bottom is a drawing of 8 nurses in blue and white uniforms standing in front of a row of buildings. There is a white spine label sticker in the bottom left corner of the front cover.

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This autobiography tells of the author's childhood in the 1920s and describes her subsequent work as a nurse at various hospitals in Melbourne, including the Austin and the Queen Victoria Memorial. Includes references and a bibliography. [Trove]

fleur finnie, nursing-australia-melbourne, nursing history-melbourne

Sepia toned cover with two images on the front (a portrait of a woman, and three nursing sisters) and an image of a woman in profile on the back. The title is printed across the front and spine in white print, sub-title and author in brown.

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At the outbreak of World War I, Narrelle Hobbes was the matron of the small and remote Brewarrina hospital in north-western NSW. Keen to be an active participant in the war, Narrelle, aged 36, decided to travel to London in March 1915 in order to join Queen Alexandra's Imperial Medical Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR). By May she was in Malta nursing the sick and wounded from Gallipoli. She later nursed in Sicily, India and Mesopotamia (now modern day Iran/Iraq). The Mesopotamia campaign, fought between the British and the Turks, is one of the largely forgotten theatres of the war. Narrelle spent 10 months in Basra and later Amara, on the Tigris River, nursing casualties and patients with appalling diseases such as enteric fever, dysentery, typhoid and cholera. After falling sick, she then spent six months recuperating in the foothills of the Himalayas at the remote hill station of Binsar in Uttar Pradesh. Narrelle is based on an extraordinary collection of letters written home to her family ('Dearest Peoples' and signed 'oceans of love') in Australia, letters that are a witty and evocative reminder of an extraordinary period in Australian history from the perspective of an Australian girl from the bush. [Trove]

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Cover design wraps around the spine and both covers. Lower section is a pale yellow/white colour with silver text. The higher section is a torn green image of a grassed field and tree with black and white images of a lady and pram, a young boy, and a man in a wheelchair with one red poppy. The back cover image is a welcome home sign with a gathering of people beneath it.

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Living with the Scars of War tells the untold story of thousands of Australian families who welcomed home disabled soldiers after the First World War. It offers a poignant account of the impact of physical injury and shell shock upon returned soldiers, and explores the profound and lasting consequences of disablement for their kin in the 1920s and 1930s. Drawing the reader into the emotional interior of family life, it evocatively brings to light the daily struggles of Australia's 90,000 'changed men', and reveals the significant burdens carried by their family members--Provided by publisher.

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Hard-cover book with dust-jacket. The image on the dustjacket is pale green and wraps around both front and back covers and spine, it shows the face of a soldier and of men walking across a wooden pathway across mud and water. The title is printed across the middle of the front cover in lettering made up of black and white photos of a variety of faces.

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Stories of ordinary Australians caught up by circumstances and by duty. Features their telling of how they answered war's ruthless questions. What are you worth? In what do you believe? Can you endure? Stories from winners of the VC, POWs, the patrols of Vietnam, peacekeepers in Rwanda, nurses from aid agencies and others. [Trove]

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