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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
December 2014
Print publication year:
2014
Online ISBN:
9781316091975
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316091975
Subjects:
Military History, History, Australian History, Twentieth Century Regional History
Series:
Australian Army History Series
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Book description

Stretcher-bearers is a compelling account of the experience of Australian stretcher-bearers during the First and Second World Wars. Respected military historian, Mark Johnston traces the development of formal stretcher-bearing from its origin in the early nineteenth century under Napoleon to the Second World War. Johnston draws on accounts by stretcher-bearers who worked on the front line, as well as tributes from rescued soldiers, to deepen our understanding of the crucial role these soldiers played in Gallipoli, Palestine, the Western Front in World War I, and in the Middle East and the Pacific in World War II. The narrative is further driven by rich imagery, featuring over 130 full-page photographs. This book provides a generously illustrated, engaging and moving account of the history of the stretcher-bearer, a figure praised by countless Diggers but never previously the subject of a book.

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Contents

Contents
References
Bibliography
Unpublished post-war reminiscences and collections
Barrie, N., ‘The Neil Barrie Story’, n.d. Donor: Neil Barrie.
Crawford, J. A., ‘Forward from El Alamein’, n.d., 3 DRL 368, AWM.
Germon, S., ‘My experiences with the 44th Australian Infantry Battalion’, 1919, 1DRL/0311, AWM.
Kennedy, C., ‘World War 2: Campaigning in Papua’, n.d., PR85/305, AWM.
Lewis, M. T., memoir, September 1945, 3DRL 3848, AWM.
Randolph, E., ‘An Unexpected Odyssey: The Chronicle of a Fd Amb Private 1940–1945’, 1981, 85/6/1, IWM.
Slattery, J., & Doxford, C. (eds), Stretcher-bearer at War (1914–15 diaries of Pte R. E. Goode, 2 Fd Amb), 1968. Donors: Ivan Key and Jennifer Prentice
Waters, J., ‘“Doc’s” War’, 1986, PR88/122, AWM.
Interviews
Bingham, Charles, ex-14 Fd Amb, 1984, S00813, Murdoch Sound Archive, AWM.
Dobson, Doug, ex-2/24 Bn, interview with the author, 19 October 2012.
Duncan, Edward S., ex-3 LH Fd Amb, 1994, S02039, Murdoch Sound Archive, AWM.
Hawkes, Stewart, ex-2/28 Bn, interviews with author, 24 July 2002 and 24 October 2008.
Howell, Charles, ex-2/12 Bn, 1606, Australians at War Film Archive.
Lamb, John, ex-2/28 Bn, interview with the author, July 2002.
McCosker, Harold, ex-2/25 Bn, 1036, Australians at War Film Archive.
Madeley, Joe, ex-2/13 Bn, 1856, Australians at War Film Archive.
Medcalf, Noel, ex-15 Bn (WWII), 0104, Australians at War Film Archive.
Nimmo, Sir John, ex-Red Cross, 1990, S01038, Keith Murdoch Sound Archive, AWM.
Somerville, Roy, ex-2/31 Bn, interview with author, 7 February 2004.
Summers, Brenton, interview with author, 28 January 2013.
Tibbitts, Don, ex-2/23 Bn, interview with author, 19 October 2012.
Williams, Fred, ex-2/2 Bn, 0780, Australians at War Film Archive.
Letters to the author
Johnstone, Chris, ex-2/8 Fd Amb,13 March 1998.
Robertson, Guy, ex-2/24 Bn, 11 July 2002.
Government and army documents
Royal Army Medical Corps Training 1911, HMSO, London, 1915.
Royal Army Medical Corps Training 1935, HMSO, London, 1935.
National Archives of Australia
Service records
Australian War Memorial
Honours and awards
Red Cross Society Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau files
AWM 4: Australian Imperial Force unit war diaries, 1914–18 war
AWM 52: 2nd AIF and CMF unit war diaries, 1939–45 war
AWM 54

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