ANZAC Girls: The Extraordinary Story of our World War I Nurses

Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2014. New Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Condition. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 363 pages. This book is available and ready to be shipped from our local warehouse. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.. By the end of World War I, 45 Australian and New Zealand nurses had died on overseas service, and over 200 had been decorated. These were the women who left for war looking for adventure and romance, but were soon confronted with challenges for which their civilian lives could never have prepared them. Their strength and dignity were remarkable. Using diaries and letters, Peter Rees takes us into the hospital camps and the wards and the tent surgeries on the edge of some of the most horrific battlefronts of human history. But he also allows the friendships and loves of these courageous and compassionate women to enrich their experiences, and ours. Profoundly moving, this is a story of extraordinary courage and humanity shown by a group of women whose contribution to the Anzac legend has barely been recognized in our history. Peter Rees has changed that understanding forever. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; Australia; History. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9781743319826. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6373. . 9781743319826