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Kitty’s War. About the book:
Based upon the previously unpublished war diaries of Great War army nurse Sister Kit McNaughton, Kittys War follows her journey throughout warfrom Egypt, where she cared for the Gallipoli sick and wounded, to the harsh conditions of Lemnos Island, off the coast of the Dardanelles, and then on to France and the Somme. Here she nursed severely wounded German soldiers for the British. During Passchendaele, a year later, she ran the operating theatre of a clearing station near the front line. Kit finished the war as Australias first plastic surgery nurse, assisting medical pioneers in this field as they repaired the shattered faces of Australian soldiers. Through Kittys diaries and Janet Butlers thoughtful narration, we see the war through the eyes of a young Australian nurse as she is transformed by what she witnesses. Kittys War is an intimate and rare story of one womans remarkable experience of war.
Softcover
Publisher: University of Queensland Press,, 2013
Used – Very Good: University of Queensland Press,, 2013.. Softbound (Large Format). Very Good.