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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    20 February 2026
    03 March 2026
    ISBN:
    9781009742146
    9781009742115
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009742146
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.61kg, 292 Pages
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    • Subjects:
    Military History, History, Australian History, Twentieth Century Regional History
    Series:
    Australian Army History Series
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    Subjects:
    Military History, History, Australian History, Twentieth Century Regional History
    Series:
    Australian Army History Series
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    Nursing Aids at War: The Australian Army Medical Women's Service in the Second World War explores the chronological history of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) and challenges our understanding of servicewomen and gendered work in the Australian Army. Arranged in three parts, the book first introduces the nursing aid and how the Voluntary Aid Detachments (VADs) became intertwined with the nursing service in the First and Second World Wars. It then investigates disruptions, tensions and controversies faced by the VAD as they transitioned into the AAMWS; in particular, the training schemes for AAMWS to become professionally trained nurses in military hospitals. Lastly, the book explores and challenges representations and reflections of the VAD and AAMWS, including building a national identity separate to practising nurses, and acknowledging their history as largely being forgotten amongst discussion of Australia's wider military history.

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