Diary of Irene Bonnin. Volumes 1 and 2 : [extracts] |
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| Title : | Diary of Irene Bonnin. Volumes 1 and 2 : [extracts] |
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| Creator : | Bonnin, Irene | ||
| Source : | Bonnin family, PRG 621/21 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1915 | ||
| Format : | Manuscript | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Copyright : | This item is reproduced courtesy of Mr David Bonnin on behalf of the Bonnin family. It may be printed or saved for personal research or study. Use for any other purpose requires written permission from Mr David Bonnin on behalf of the Bonnin family and the State Library of South Australia. To request approval, complete the Permission to publish form. |
| Description : |
First page of Irene Bonnin's diaries, with a transcript of extracts from the diaries. Written in 1915, they describe Nurse Bonnin's experiences as an army nurse in Egypt during World War I. Irene Gertrude Bonnin (1884-1971) trained as a nurse at Calvary Hospital, North Adelaide and worked in Egypt, France and England during World War I. |
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| Period : | 1914-1918 |
| Further reading : | Barker, Marianne. Nightingales in the mud: the digger sisters of the Great War, 1914-1918, Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1989 Blackie. King's nurse - beggar's nurse by 'Blackie' (Sister Catherine Black), London: Hurst & Blackett, [1939?] Deacon, Lindley A. Beyond the call: the story of Australia's First World War nurses with further chapters relative to the war, Launceston, Tas.: Regal Press, [2000] Haynes, Olive L. C. We are here, too: the diaries and letters of Sister Olive L.C. Haynes, November 1914 to February 1918, compiled and edited by Margaret O. Young, Adelaide: Australian Down Syndrome Association, c1991 |
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