Dr Kirsty Harris is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. She was awarded the 2008 C.E.W. Bean Prize for Military History for her PhD on the work of Australian women in World War I, published as More than Bombs and Bandages (BigSky, 2011). She has published academic articles on military nursing work including nurse dispensers, British-Australian nursing relationships during World War I, nursing at sea and post-war work. Her research interests include the experiences of Empire women at Gallipoli in 1915 and Australian nurses in the 3rd Battle of Ypres in 1917.