One Woman's War and Peace
A Nurse's Journey in the Royal Australian Air Force
$28.26
- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
24 October 2016
Summary
In 1999, idealistic 23-year-old Registered Nurse Sharon Bown left her comfortable family life in Tasmania and joined the Royal Australian Air Force with the aim of providing humanitarian aid to the world.
Through her 16-year military career she deployed on three operations, barely survived a helicopter crash, struggled to return to military service, mixed in political circles in Canberra and around the world as Aide de Camp to the Minister for Defence, and commanded a combat surgical …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781925335316 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1925335313 |
| Author: | Sharon Bown |
| Publisher: | Exisle Publishing |
| Imprint: | Exisle Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 24 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
“It’s an amazing story of a sheltered civilian RN becoming a military nursing officer and a commander.” – PS News“There have been many memoirs published by males who have been on active service and their often terrible histories, but this is the first I have read by one of our female officers. It has been a privilege to share Sharon’s journey and her easy style of writing made that journey an engaging one to follow” – Just So Stories, 06 November 2016“You can feel her pain following the horrific helicopter crash that left her with a broken back and shattered jaw as well as the graphic nightmares that followed…a moving account of the sacrifices so many make.” – The Weekly Times
About The Author
Sharon Bown
Wing Commander Sharon Bown completed her Bachelor of Nursing at the University of Tasmania in 1995. She joined the RAAF as a Nursing Officer in 1999. During her service, she served overseas in East Timor and Afghanistan and was the commander of a surgical team deployed to Afghanistan in 2008.
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