Wartime Magazine Issue 58

02 March 2012

Autumn 2012

Friends, sisters and pioneers by Robyn Siers.
How women made their place in military nursing.
Portraits of angels by Alexandra Torrens.
Nora Heyson painted nurses of a pioneer medevac unit.
"Any old place will do me after this" by Carlie Walker.
The true grit of the nurses of Lemnos.
Portraits from Lemnos by Joanne Smedley.
A trove of photographs reveals the personal stories of a field hospital.
The one day of the year by Samantha Grosser.
The Dawn Service tradition.
Fall from the sky by Craig Wilcox.
The truth behind The Great Escape author's own story.
Gallipoli: The first photo? by James Hurst.
A web of stories surrounds the man who may have taken it.
The father of invention by Gary Traynor.
In the trenches on Gallipoli, a new angle was needed.
A view to Gallipoli by Emma Campbell.
A woman in Cairo left a record of the campaign.
A fund of comforts by Suzanne McWha.
Billy cans and plum puddings sent as gifts to Gallipoli.
Fred Howard's War by Brian Tennyson.
A story of derring-do in France raises questions about credibility.
Vignacourt by Peter Burness.
An important behind-the-lines centre for Australian troops.
Writing to the finish by David Horner.
The final chapter in the history of Australia's most contentious war.