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Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Rachel's War : The Story of an Australian WWI Nurse
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'Growing up on a farm in country Victoria, all Rachel wants is to help people. When war comes, she travels to distant Europe and the Middle East, working tirelessly to care for wounded and sick soldiers from the battlefields of Gallipoli and the Western Front.

'Inspired by the life of Rachel Pratt, a World War I Australian army nurse who was awarded the Military Medal for bravery, this is an incredible story of bravery and sacrifice.' (Publication summary)

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    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Lothian , 2021 .
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      • Published 26th May 2021
      ISBN: 9780734420114
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Works about this Work

They Also Served: Nurses, the Great War, and Children's Picture Books Allison Millward, , Martin Kerby , Catherine Dewhirst , Margaret Mary Baguley , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Popular Culture , vol. 56 no. 3-4 2023; (p. 704-718)

'British and Australian children's books about the Great War remain a steadfastly conservative example of popular culture, particularly when exploring war time nursing. The marginalized place of females in children's literature, the failure of the official histories to adequately acknowledge the unique experience of the nurses, and the popular focus on the battlefield have discouraged any sustained focus. This article will analyze how Hilary Robinson and Martin Impey (Peace Lily), Kate Simpson and Jess Racklyeft (Anzac Girl: The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King), and Mark Wilson (Rachel's War: The Story of an Australian WWI Nurse) have responded to this challenge.' (Publication abstract)
They Also Served: Nurses, the Great War, and Children's Picture Books Allison Millward, , Martin Kerby , Catherine Dewhirst , Margaret Mary Baguley , 2023 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Popular Culture , vol. 56 no. 3-4 2023; (p. 704-718)

'British and Australian children's books about the Great War remain a steadfastly conservative example of popular culture, particularly when exploring war time nursing. The marginalized place of females in children's literature, the failure of the official histories to adequately acknowledge the unique experience of the nurses, and the popular focus on the battlefield have discouraged any sustained focus. This article will analyze how Hilary Robinson and Martin Impey (Peace Lily), Kate Simpson and Jess Racklyeft (Anzac Girl: The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King), and Mark Wilson (Rachel's War: The Story of an Australian WWI Nurse) have responded to this challenge.' (Publication abstract)
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