Devotion : stories of Australia's wartime nurses / written by Robyn Siers.

By: Siers, Robyn [author.]Contributor(s): Australia. Department of Veterans' Affairs | Australian War MemorialMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Century of servicePublisher: Canberra, ACT : Department of Veterans Affairs in association with the Australian War Memorial, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013. Description: 52 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour map, photographs (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 30 cmContent type: cartographic image | still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781877007835 (paperback)Other title: Stories of Australia's wartime nursesSubject(s): Australia. Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921) -- History | Australia -- Armed Forces -- Nurses -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature | Australia. Army. Australian Army Medical Women's Service | Australia. Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921) -- History | Australia. Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921) -- History | World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- Juvenile literature | Australia Army Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921) -- History | World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Juvenile literature | Australia -- Armed Forces -- Nurses | World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives | Women in war -- Australia -- Juvenile literature | Nurses -- History -- Australia -- Juvenile literature | South African War, 1899-1902 -- Medical care -- Juvenile literature | Military nursing | Nurses | Women in war -- Australia | Women soldiers -- Australia | History -- Study and teaching | Military nursing -- History -- Australia -- Juvenile literature | Nurses -- Australia -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature | Military nursing -- Australia -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature | Nurses -- Australia -- Personal narratives | South African War, 1899-1902 -- Women -- Australia | World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care | World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care | World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Australia | Military nursing -- Australia -- Personal narratives | World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- Australia | Military nursing -- Australia -- History -- Juvenile literature | Nurses -- Australia -- History | Military nursing -- Australia -- History | Military nursing -- Australia | Nurses -- Australia -- History -- Juvenile literature | Australia -- Armed Forces -- Nurses -- Juvenile literature | Australia | Australia -- Armed Forces -- Nurses -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature | Australia -- Armed Forces -- Nurses | Australia -- Armed Forces -- History | Australia -- Armed Forces -- Nurses -- Personal narratives | Australian | AustralianGenre/Form: Curriculum collection | History. | Curriculum collection DDC classification: 355.3450994 LOC classification: UH495.A8 | S53 2013Online resources: Online version | Electronic version | view Web version | Access full text Also available online. Address as at 24/04/2013http://www.dva.gov.au/commems_oawg/commemorations/education/Documents/Devotion.pdf
Contents:
A pioneer of the profession : Matron Nellie Gould -- Beginning in Egypt : Sister Nellie Morrice -- Snapshots of Lemnos : Matron Grace Wilson -- Courage under fire : Sister Pearl Corkhill -- To stay or go : Matron Kathleen Best -- Nurses in captitivy : Sisters Betty Jeffrey and Vivian Bullwinkel -- The sinking of the Centaur : Sister Ellen Savage -- "Flying Angel" : Sister Beryl Chandler -- Nurse in Japan, Korea, Malaya and Vietnam : Colonel Nell Espie -- Aero-medical evacuation nurse : Squadron Leader Patricia Furbank -- Caring for children : Commander Terrence Slader -- Emergency nurse : Captain Roneel Chandra.
Summary: Devotion explores the contribution and courage of Australian nurses in conflicts and peacekeeping operations from the Boer War to the present. This new commemorative publication, written as a joint project between the Australian War Memorial and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, is the first book in the Century of service series and is aimed at primary and lower secondary school students. It features stories and images from the Memorial’s rich collection, along with questions for discussion, a map and timeline.
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Education resource for primary and secondary.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 51) and index.

A pioneer of the profession : Matron Nellie Gould -- Beginning in Egypt : Sister Nellie Morrice -- Snapshots of Lemnos : Matron Grace Wilson -- Courage under fire : Sister Pearl Corkhill -- To stay or go : Matron Kathleen Best -- Nurses in captitivy : Sisters Betty Jeffrey and Vivian Bullwinkel -- The sinking of the Centaur : Sister Ellen Savage -- "Flying Angel" : Sister Beryl Chandler -- Nurse in Japan, Korea, Malaya and Vietnam : Colonel Nell Espie -- Aero-medical evacuation nurse : Squadron Leader Patricia Furbank -- Caring for children : Commander Terrence Slader -- Emergency nurse : Captain Roneel Chandra.

Devotion explores the contribution and courage of Australian nurses in conflicts and peacekeeping operations from the Boer War to the present. This new commemorative publication, written as a joint project between the Australian War Memorial and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, is the first book in the Century of service series and is aimed at primary and lower secondary school students. It features stories and images from the Memorial’s rich collection, along with questions for discussion, a map and timeline.

Primary and lower secondary school students.

Also available online. Address as at 24/04/2013

http://www.dva.gov.au/commems_oawg/commemorations/education/Documents/Devotion.pdf

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