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    In the ‘Grey Battalion’: Launceston General Hospital nurses on active service in World War I

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    HARRIS, KIRSTY
    Date
    2008
    Source Title
    Health and History
    Publisher
    Australian and New Zealand Society of the History of Medicine
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    HARRIS, KIRSTY
    Affiliation
    Arts - School of Historical Studies
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    Harris, K. (2008). In the ‘Grey Battalion’: Launceston General Hospital nurses on active service in World War I. Health and History, 10(1), 18-37.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/32529
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    Abstract
    Nearly fifty nurses from the Launceston General Hospital served with the Australian Army Nursing Service or the British nursing service during World War I. These nurses served in countries that included Egypt, France, India, Greece, Italy and England. They worked in various roles including as a surgical team nurse close to the front working under fire; nursing on hospital ships carrying the wounded; or managing wards overrun with patients on ships at Gallipoli in 1915, whilst dealing with a lack of hospital necessities. This case study, of one group of nurses, shows that their experiences reflected the skills and roles needed to be a military nurse of the time, significantly different to the skills required to nurse in Australia.
    Keywords
    Australian Army Nursing Service; World War I; military nursing; war nurse; Launceston General Hospital; Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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