Edith Blake's War: The only Australian nurse killed in action during the First World War

Author: Krista Vane-Tempest Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 In the early hours of 26 February 1918, the British hospital ship Glenart Castle steamed into the Bristol Channel, heading for France to pick up wounded men from the killing fields of the Western Front. On board was 32-year-old Australian nurse, Edith Blake. Unbeknown to the ship's company, a German U-boat lurked in the waters below. When Edith Blake missed out on joining the Australian Army, she was one of 130...Read more