Devotion : stories of Australia's wartime nurses / written by Robyn Siers. Stories of Australia's wartime nurses

Collection type	Library
Author	Siers, Robyn, author.; Australia. Department of Veterans' Affairs; Australian War Memorial;
Call Number	F 355.3450994 S572d
Document type	Monograph
Year	2013.
Pagination	52 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour map, photographs (some colour), portraits (some colou
Publisher	Dept. of Veterans Affairs in association with the Australian War Memorial,
Note	Education resource for primary and secondary. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51) and index. Devotion explores the contribution and courage of Australian nurses in conflicts and peacekeeping operations from the Boer War to the present. This new commemorative publication, written as a joint project between the Australian War Memorial and the Department of Veterans? Affairs, is the first book in the Century of service series and is aimed at primary and lower secondary school students. It features stories and images from the Memorial?s rich collection, along with questions for discussion, a map and timeline. Primary and lower secondary school students.
Place made	Canberra :

Abstract

A pioneer of the profession : Matron Nellie Gould -- Beginning in Egypt : Sister Nellie Morrice -- Snapshots of Lemnos : Matron Grace Wilson -- Courage under fire : Sister Pearl Corkhill -- To stay or go : Matron Kathleen Best -- Nurses in captitivy : Sis ters Betty Jeffrey and Vivian Bullwinkel -- The sinking of the Centaur : Sister Ellen Savage -- "Flying Angel" : Sister Beryl Chandler -- Nurse in Japan, Korea, Malaya and Vietnam : Colonel Nell Espie -- Aero-medical evacuation nurse : Squadron Leader Pat ricia Furbank -- Caring for children : Commander Terrence Slader -- Emergency nurse : Captain Roneel Chandra.