{"product_id":"walking-in-their-grave-clothes-hilda-samsing-9781764077361","title":"Walking in Their Grave Clothes: An Australian nurse's war diary, 1914-1918","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn October 1914, \u003cstrong\u003eSister Hilda Samsing\u003c\/strong\u003e sailed from Melbourne as one of the first twenty-five Australian nurses sent to war. Over the next four years her diary recorded everything she saw - from the chaos of Egypt's overwhelmed hospitals to the hospital ship \u003cem\u003eGascon \u003c\/em\u003eanchored off Anzac Cove, where exhausted soldiers came aboard looking as though they were 'walking in their grave clothes.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Norway, raised in rural Victoria, and trained at Melbourne Hospital, Samsing was sharp-eyed, outspoken, and unflinching. She named names, challenged incompetence, and wrote with a directness that sets her account apart from the more restrained official record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWalking in Their Grave Clothes\u003c\/em\u003e presents Samsing's previously unpublished diary in full, drawn from the original held at the Australian War Memorial. Edited and annotated by John Dixon, this is an essential primary source for anyone interested in the Anzac story, the Gallipoli campaign, and the experience of Australia's wartime nurses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hilda Samsing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1764077369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781764077361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Gully Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d","brand":"Hilda Samsing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874623729919,"sku":"9781764077361","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/walking-in-their-grave-clothes-hilda-samsing-9781764077361","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}