Strakosch Chris (3 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Short illustrated pamphlet providing a potted history of the Balkan conflict of the 1990's; based on a series of talks given at the Greenslopes Private Hosptial by Dr Carolyn de Wytt and Chris Strakosch; this copy with a hand-written note by Strakosch, and also signed by Strakosch to reverse side of front cover; wraps sunned to spine, mild wear to rear cover. . 31pp. 8vo. Very Good. colour and b&w illustrations (illustrator).…

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. viii, 20pp, bibliography, bw/col ills. Pictorial card. Near new. US military hospitals including 155th Station Hospital Tamborine; 42nd General Hospital, 105th General Hospital, and 109th Fleet Hospital. Also includes info on the battle against malaria, typhus, dengue and dysentery. Size: 4to. …

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Square octavo card covers with large flaps, 72pp, sepia toned photos. Light wear to card edges, previous owner's name top right of front cover; a very good copy. The authors' aim has been to share the rich traditions of the hospital, its patients, and staff. It was opened in 1942 as an Army hospital -112th AGH - and provided a special quality of care and convalescence for serving and discharged military personnel. Its WWII patients came from battlefronts in the Pacific, Europe and North Africa and the Middle East and from POW camps. It later became Repatriation General Hospital (RGH) Greenslopes, and was sold to Ramsay Health Care in 1995.…