The war nurses / Anthea Hodgson.
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TextPublisher: [Melbourne, Victoria] : Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 394 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780143779100; 0143779109Subject(s): World War,1939-1945 -- Singapore -- Fiction | Nurses -- Australia -- Fiction | Friendship -- Fiction | Bangka Island (Kepulauan Bangka Belitung, Indonesia) -- History -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | War fiction. Summary: In 1941, country girls Minnie Hodgson and Margot McNee set sail from Perth, Australia, for Singapore in search of adventure, full of excitement and keen to do their part working as nurses to the fallen soldiers in a time of war. What they encounter is an army of new friends and the terrors of a city under siege. When the Japanese attack and Singapore falls, they are forced to flee aboard the Vyner Brooke. The ship is bombed, resulting in utter devastation.
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In 1941, country girls Minnie Hodgson and Margot McNee set sail from Perth, Australia, for Singapore in search of adventure, full of excitement and keen to do their part working as nurses to the fallen soldiers in a time of war. What they encounter is an army of new friends and the terrors of a city under siege. When the Japanese attack and Singapore falls, they are forced to flee aboard the Vyner Brooke. The ship is bombed, resulting in utter devastation.
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