Nursing at Gallipoli: Time to Go Home
9 September
Nursing at Gallipoli: Time to Go Home
Before I read Sister Muriel Wakeford’s diary of her time nursing at Gallipoli, I would have assumed she decided to return home in September 1915 because her war-time experiences became exhausting and overwhelming. However, the diary suggests that she left for the very opposite reason:
Thu 2 Sep
Word came from No. 2 Aus. Gen. Hosp. that I with three others were to return to Gezireh. Had permission to stay in Alexandria till Saturday.
Fri 3 Sep
Pleasant day
Sat 4 Sep
Departed at 4pm for Gezireh. Arrived at 8pm.
Sun 5 Sep
Quiet day.
Mon 6 Sep
Most uninteresting
Tue 7 Sep
No change
Wed 8 Sep
Feeling very tired. We are not very busy.
Thu 9 Sep
No change
Fri 10 Sep
No change
Sat 11 Sep
Having a quiet time
Sun 12 Sep
Same again
Mon 13 Sep
Volunteered to go home to Australia with the invalids.
To write Gallipoli: Year of Love and Duty, I had to research not only the Gallipoli Campaign but also Muriel Wakeford as I based the novel on her 1915 diary.
For anyone researching Australian involvement in WW1 from the point of view of the private individual who served, I recommend
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