Foreword
Preface
Prologue
1 Officer Training School
2 Deployment to East Timor
3 Far from Home
4 Return to East Timor
5 'Mayday!' 'Mayday!'
6 Broken and Banged Up
7 Losing Mum, Losing Friends, Losing Hope
8 Working for the Minister for Defence
9 'How does that feel, Copper?'
10 Taking command and Afghanistan
11 The Darkness
12 The Dawn
Epilogue
Abbreviations, Acronyms and Terminology
Index
Wing Commander Sharon Bown (Ret'd) completed her Bachelor of Nursing at the University of Tasmania in 1995. She joined the RAAF as a Nursing Officer in 1999. During her service, she served overseas in East Timor and Afghanistan and was the commander of a surgical team deployed to Afghanistan in 2008.
"One Woman's War And Peace is truly beautiful, even in the dark and
lonely times ... I dare you not to be touched or even moved after
reading it through. Or even be filled with pride."
*Krystel Berger*
"I was moved near to tears, for she hits right where it counts and
made me proud to be an Australian"
*Camden Advertiser*
"It’s an amazing story of a sheltered civilian RN becoming a
military nursing officer and a commander."
*PS News*
"There have been many memoirs published by males who have been on
active service and their often terrible histories, but this is the
first I have read by one of our female officers. It has been a
privilege to share Sharon’s journey and her easy style of writing
made that journey an engaging one to follow"
*Just So Stories*
"You can feel her pain following the horrific helicopter crash that
left her with a broken back and shattered jaw as well as the
graphic nightmares that followed...a moving account of the
sacrifices so many make."
*The Weekly Times*
"This important and timely book reminds us of the value and support
that our veterans require, yet don’t always receive."
*Portland Observer*
"It has been a privilege to share Sharon’s journey and her easy
style of writing made that journey an engaging one to follow. I
urge you strongly to add this to your secondary collection or to
put it on your ‘to read’ list for your personal edification."
*Just So Stories*
"inspirational"
*Australian Nursing Journal*
"Sharon’s often traumatic story is one of great courage and
compassion and highlights how service to the ADF can come at a
great personal, physical, emotional and physiological cost."
*Australian Defence Magazine*
"Sharon’s story is one which encourages and inspires readers to
lead within their own lives."
*Karen Hardy*
"Bown is a remarkable woman...(she) is open and honest about her
feelings and how she has now found some peace. Telling her story of
adversity and survival clearly helps her in the advocacy in which
she is now engaged. Her story will also provide comfort and help
for those who have suffered injury, mental and physical, in
shocking accidents while serving their country or otherwise."
*A personal view of war and peace*
"This personal account displays nothing but optimism and
determination to take on whatever the future held...It is a
refreshing work that makes the reader aware of the determination an
individual can possess to achieve an ambition to serve others. A
very readable account."
*Book Review*
"(a) rare insight into Australian military service from a woman's
perspective"
*180-Degree Turn: Three Inspiring Career Changes*
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