• The sisters, and the medical officers, medical orderlies and WAAAF with whom they served
  • Escort duties for EATS Air Crew to USA and Canada
  • Medical evacuation from WWII New Guinea, postwar evacuation of POW's through to the hostilitiesin Korea, Malaya, Vietnam and the mercy flights of the present day
A superb historical book on the RAAF Nursing Service from 1940 to 1990
This book highlights some of the dramatic incidents, poignent episodes and amusing anecdotes from the RAAF Nursing Service. The book with hard cover, over 500 pages and approx. 700 photographs, covers:
  • The establishment of the RAAFNS
  • The development of RAAF hospitals and station sick quarters throughout Australia
  • The drama of Darwin - 1942 bombing and 1974 Cyclone Tracy
  • Service with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan, 1945-56
  • Overseas service - Cocos and Manus Islands, exchange duty with PMRAFNS (England) and the special courses with the USAF
  • Special duties including royal tours and the Gallipoli commemoration 1990

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