This book reveals the harrowing and dramatic stories of the Australian and New Zealand nurses who served in the Great War. Their strength and humanity was remarkable. The author uses diaries and letters to take us into the hospital camps at the most horrific battlefronts. We see the friendships, loves, courage and compassion of these women. They are a unique group in Anzac history.
By the end of the Great War, forty-five Australian and New Zealand nurses had died on overseas service and over two hundred 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, The Other Anzacs is a story of extraordinary courage and humanity shown by a group of women whose contribution to the Anzac legend has barely been recognised in our history. Peter Rees has changed that understanding forever.
xviii, 363 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. First Edition. #210122
World War I; World War 1914 -1918; Australian Nurses – World War I; Gallipoli; Western Front; Marquette Troop Ship
“Traumatic details of WWI battle injuries; unbelievable courage and endurance of Australian and NZ nurses; shameful lack of Government recognition of their dedication on return to Australia; deep appreciation by soldier patients.”