Cloud Over Marquette - The Sinking of the Troopship Marquette

This is a second-hand copy of the book Cloud Over Marquette - The Sinking of the Troopship Marquette by John Meredith Smith.

Condition: This is a used book in Good condition. The dustjacket has some wear with small tears and chips - see photos. The dust jacket has now been covered in a non-adhesive PVC cover for its own protection. This is simply folded in place and is easy to remove without damaging the jacket.

Publisher: John Meredith Smith
Year: 1990
ISBN: 047301081X
Format: Hardback with dustjacket
Pages: 223
Condition: Used (Good)

SS Marquette was a British troopship of 7,057 tons which was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean Sea 36 nautical miles (67 km) south of Salonica, Greece on 23 October 1915 by SM- U-35, with the loss of 167 lives. 32 of the dead were New Zealand nationals: 19 from the Royal NZ Army Medical Corps, 3 privates (medical orderlies) attached to the Stationary Hospital and 10 nurses from the Royal NZ Army Nursing Service. The sinking and the deaths of ten New Zealand nurses caused public outrage in New Zealand, particularly in the South Island where most of the nurses had come from.