World War One Nurses
More than 2000 Australian women served overseas in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) during the war. These courageous and dedicated women worked in difficult and sometimes terrifying conditions. They cared for patients in military clinics and hospitals near battlefields and on ships and trains. This guide, curated by the Australian Government's Department of Veteran Affairs, includes information on the Australian Army Nursing Service, both before and during World War One.
Website articles
TIME Magazine: How Nurses in World War I Helped Change Ideas About What Women Could Accomplish
The History Press: What was a typical day like for First World War field nurses?
BBC News: World War One: The many battles faced by WW1's nurses
Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal: One hundred years on: remembering nurses WW1
References
Navy and army illustrated (London, England : 1914). (1914). George Newnes.
|Peters, M. D. J., & Eckert, M. (2018, November 8). One hundred years on: Remembering nurses WW1. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal. https://anmj.org.au/one
hundred-years-on-remembering-nurses-during-the-great-war/\
Starnes, P. (2023). What was a typical day like for First World War field nurses? The History Press. https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/what-was-a-typical-day-like-for-first-world-war-field-nurses/
Timeline - World History Documentaries. (2023, October 23). The grim reality of WW1 front-line nurses & doctors | The last voices of World War One | Timeline. YouTube. https://youtu.be/Mi6pTYs0FQs?feature=shared
Todd, C. (2018, November 11). How nurses in World War I helped change ideas about what women could accomplish. Time Magazine. https://time.com/5450885/wwi-nurses/
Williams, S. (2014, April 2). World War One: The many battles faced by WW1's nurses. BBC News