Battling Kokoda: the Australian doctors who served in war
The lives of more than 700 doctors who served in the Australian Army during the Second World War are remembered in a new book, published in time for Remembrance Day.
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The lives of more than 700 doctors who served in the Australian Army during the Second World War are remembered in a new book, published in time for Remembrance Day.
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