Nurses gave soldiers the courage to fight WWI: Anzac nurse's daughter

By Aleisha Orr
Updated November 2 2014 - 1:08pm, first published November 1 2014 - 12:02pm
Margaret Young's mother's letters told a war story she wouldn't talk about when she was alive. Photo: Aleisha Orr
Margaret Young's mother's letters told a war story she wouldn't talk about when she was alive. Photo: Aleisha Orr
Untold: Margaret Young only learnt of the role her mother played in World War I after she died. Photo: Aleisha Orr
Untold: Margaret Young only learnt of the role her mother played in World War I after she died. Photo: Aleisha Orr

About 30 years ago when Margaret Young's mother Olive Haynes died, her father handed her a satchel full of letters which gave Mrs Young an insight into the role her mother played as a nurse overseas in World War One, a matter her mother spoke little about.

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