TY - SOUND AU - De Vries,Susanna AU - Dunn,Beverley ED - Australian Broadcasting Corporation TI - Heroic Australian women in war: astonishing tales of bravery from Galliopoli to Kokoda SN - 9781486242603 U1 - 940.3082 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Tullamarine, Victoria PB - Bolinda Audio KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Participation, Female KW - Women KW - Australia KW - Biography KW - Women in war KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - History KW - 20th century KW - History, Military KW - Audiobooks KW - lcgft N1 - Read by Beverley Dunn; Adult N2 - In this inspiring book, Susanna de Vries profiles the love, dedication and selflessness of eleven outstanding women over the course of two world wars: from Olive Kin, who saved countless lives in the war-ravaged Balkans, although she lost her heart; to Gallipoli nurse Alice Kitchen, who also served in France; to Vivian Bullwinkel, who survived the Bangka Island Massacre only to face more than three years watching her colleagues die as Japanese prisoners of war. Focussing not only on the astounding courage they displayed amid death and chaos but also on the triumphs and pain of their personal lives, Susanna reveals how these women were as influential and heroic in civil life as they were in war ER -