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War diaries of Alice Ross-King
32 unnumbered pages
colour illustrations
Summary: When Sister Alice Ross-King sailed to war in December 1914, she couldn't have imagined the horrors that she would see, or the dangers she would face in the form of gas, enemy bombardments and artillery fire. For four long years she served unwaveringly through heartbreak, exhaustion and all the horrors of war. She was brave, humble and endlessly compassionate. Using extracts from Alice's actual diaries kept in the Australian War Memorial, this story captures the danger, the heartache and the history of the young nurse who would one day become the most decorated woman in Australia