A Broken Nurse by Wendy Maddocks

Published by Amanda Gwinnup on

Available now!

The book is the annotated diary of NZANS Sister Mabnel Crook who served overseas in WW1 for almost five years, working off Gallipoli on a hospital ship, in Egypt and England. She describes her adventures and the annotations fill in the gaps of her service and what happened to her and her experiences when she returned to NZ as a broken nurse. The book is full of photos taken by Mabel which documents her experiences. It is 180 pages. It is available in the UK for 25 pounds posted to mainland UK addresses. For other countries please contact Wendy Maddocks at nznursinghistory@gmail.com for full details and to make a purchase.

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