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True stories of Australian and New Zealand nurses serving during World War I.
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True stories of Australian and New Zealand nurses serving during World War I.
The Aznac Girls arrive in Egypt just after the outbreak of World War One, and soon realise that war is not quite the 'splendid adventure' they initially thought.
On the Greek island of Lemnos, Olive and Grace must overcome intense hardship and stress in order to care for the wounded troops coming frm the botched Gallipoli Campaign.
In Egypt, Alice and Elsie are confronted by the heart-wrenching reality of love during wartime, which reaches a catalyst for Elsie when she is forced to choose between her husband, Syd, and her rol...
After being seconded to a British hospital in France, the girls come face-to-face with the snobbery of the British nursing staff, inciting them to reflect on their own national identity.
Alice struggles to accept Harry's death; Hilda discovers an aptitude for anaesthetics; Olive is proposed to by Pat; and Elsie returns to the war as part of the Croix Rouge.
Alice, Hilda and Elsie all find themselves mere kilometres from the front, the possibility of death edging ever closer, while the war seems like it will never end.