Between 1914 and 1918, about 10,000 Hunter men enlisted to fight for their country.
By their side, were the nurses who wrapped their bloody limbs, mopped their sweat-covered brows and soothed their final days.
Historian Christine Bramble has spent the past two years writing Sister of the Valley - First World War Nurses from Newcastle and the Hunter Region, a book dedicated to those brave women who cared for the wounded and sick between 1914 and 1918.
Full article by Emma Swain available at Maitland Mercury, 01 Apr, 2011.
