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'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, Anzac Girls 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. ' (Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Anzac Nurses' Personal Stories Deeply Moving
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 September 13 Sep 2014; (p. 26)
— Review of ANZAC Girls 2008 single work biography
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Anzac Nurses' Personal Stories Deeply Moving
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 September 13 Sep 2014; (p. 26)
— Review of ANZAC Girls 2008 single work biography