Edith Blake's War: The only Australian nurse killed in action during the First World War by Krista Vane-Tempest
English | February 1st, 2022 | ISBN: 1742237398 | 368 pages | True EPUB | 5.11 MB
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. Onboard was 32-year-old Australian nurse, Edith Blake. After being torpedoed by a German U-boat, the Glenart Castle took minutes to sink. Of the 182 onboard, 153 perished including all eight nurses.