| ISBN |
9781922765574 (paperback) |
| Dewey |
940.548 |
| Author |
McLeod, Jan author. |
| Title |
All the broken soldiers : Private Kennedy's war / Jan McLeod with Andrew McLeod. |
| Published |
Newport, NSW : Big Sky Publishing, 2022. |
| Physical description |
368 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, plans, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-392) |
| Summary |
"To the Australian Army Private Lawrence Nicholas Kennedy was NX21854, a soldier who served for 1907 days with the 2/4th Australian Army Field Ambulance in the Middle East and New Guinea, and on the Kokoda Track during World War II. With oldest brother, Bill by his side, the Kennedy boys experienced the adventure and the joy, the loss and despair of war ... . All the Broken Soldiers provides a new insight into an aspect of war fought by soldiers equipped with little more than a basic medical kit and a Red Cross armband ... those who cared for the broken soldiers that war leaves behind."--Back cover. |
| Subject |
Kennedy, Lawrence NIcholas |
| Australia. -- Army. -- Field Ambulance, 2/4 -- Biography |
| Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography |
| Military hospitals -- Australia -- History |
| Mobile hospitals -- Australia -- History |
| Medicine, Military -- Australia -- History |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Australia -- Biography |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian -- Biography |
| Biographies |
| Australia -- History, Military -- 1939-1945 -- Biography |
| Additional author |
McLeod, Andrew author. |
