Blood, sweat and fears II : medical practitioners of South Australia on active service after World War 2 to Vietnam 1945-1975

by Christopher Verco

Other authorsAnthony Swain (Author.), Annette Summers (Author.), Michael Jelly (Author.)

Paperback, 2016

Status

Available

Call number

SA VER

Local notes

Events during and immediately after World War 2 cemented Australia's continuous role in military support of the Asian region. This book includes biographies of 68 South Australian doctors who served in the military from 1945 to 1975. Each is a medical practitioner with a South Australian connection, be it by birth, domicile, education or medical practice who subsequently served in the Defence Forces within this time period.

Genres

Biography & Memoir

Nonfiction

Publication

[Keswick, South Australia] Army Health Services Historical Research Group, Army Museum of South Australia Foundation, 2016.

Description

Blood, Sweat and Fears: The Military Service of the Medical Practitioners and Medical Students of South Australia who served in World War 1?, is dedicated to the memory of the South Australian Medical Practitioners and Medical Students who served in the Army, Navy and Flying Corps in the Great War, 1914-1918: To commemorate those who lost their lives and to those who lost their health, faith, hope and aspirations; and to celebrate the achievements of those who received Military or Civilian honours in recognition of their bravery under fire, their leadership and contribution to their profession and society in the aftermath of the war, and finally to those whose contributions remain unknown and unacknowledged.