The Diary of Alice by Alice Maud Batt
$59.00
The Diary of Alice preserves the wartime diary of Alice Maud Batt (1889–1969), a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse whose First World War service was marked by exceptional bravery. Batt was awarded the Albert Medal for heroic action in 1918 and also received the British Red Cross Society Special Service Cross. The diary was privately published by a member of her family; this copy carries a 1997 copyright notice in the name of Arthur Leslie Batt.
Author: Alice Maud Batt
Editor / family publisher: Arthur Leslie Batt
Publication year: 1997
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN: None stated
Condition: Blue bound volume with light rubbing and small surface marks, minor edge wear, and some fading or wear to the spine lettering. Binding remains intact.
Book details
- Title
- The Diary of Alice
- Authors
- Alice Maud Batt
- Publisher
- Privately published
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1997 family edition
- Subjects
- World War I; VAD nursing; women's history; war diary; Alice Maud Batt; military nursing
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY, MILITARY BOOKS, NON-FICTION BOOKS, NZ BIOGRAPHY, NZ BOOKS, NZ HISTORY, NZ MILITARY, NZ NON FICTION
Type: NON FICTION
Category: ALICE MAUD BATT, ARTHUR LESLIE BATT, B003, BIOGRAPHY, BOOKS, HISTORY, MILITARY NURSING, NON FICTION, NZ AUTHOR, NZ BIOGRAPHY, NZ BOOKS, NZ HEALTH, NZ HISTORY, NZ MILITARY, NZ NON FICTION, PRIVATE PRESS, VAD NURSE, WAR DIARY, WOMENS HISTORY, WORLD WAR I, WWI
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