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ANZAC Girls is an Australian television drama series that first screened on ABC1 on 10 August 2014. The six-part series tells the rarely told true stories of the nurses serving with the Australian Army Nursing Service at Alexandria, Lemnos, and the Western Front during the First World War.
- 6
- ABC1
- 10 August –, 14 September 2014
- Screentime
A TV series based on the book The Other ANZACs, about the women volunteers who served in WW1. Follow their stories of friendship, love, success and hardship in Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos and France.
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- 2014-10-06
- Action, Drama, History
- 60
- Sister Alice Ross King
- Matron Grace Wilson
- Sister Olive Haynes
- Sister Hilda Steele
- Sister Elsie Cook
- Respect Came from The Soldiers
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Following the death of her true love Lieutenant Harry Moffit and the end of the war, Alice returned to Australia as one of only eight Australian nurses to be awarded the Military Medal for bravery. She had wanted to take leave and visit England but had been denied permission and instead was put in charge of the ship's hospital. During the voyage, s...
Having been awarded the Companionship of the British Empire, the Royal Red Cross and the Florence Nightingale Medal for her military service, Grace became matron on the Repatriation Hospital in Brisbane, then matron-in-chief of the Australian Army Nursing Service. At the outbreak of WWII, she once again nursed with the AIF and dedicated her life to...
Following her marriage to Pat Dooley in December 1917, Olive found she had to work her passage home as a duty nurse on the ship carrying AIF wives and babies. She and Pat settled in Victoria and had seven children, one of whom had Down syndrome. This prompted Olive to become involved in establishing a school for intellectually disabled children in ...
Born in New Zealand, Hilda served with the Australian Army Nurses and returned to Australia on the Orsova in September 1919. She was medically discharged in November but was then detailed for service with the New Zealand Territorial Nursing Service. In 1924, she married Cyril Mulcock, a farmer 13 years her junior and they had a daughter. In 1936 sh...
Following war's end, Elsie and Syd moved to Perth with Syd's job. They had one son before returning to Sydney, where Elsie opened an antiques shop, naming it Grafton Galleries, after the place she had been to celebrate the end of war. The groove in Syd's scalp left by the bullet at Lone Pine was always a source of fascination for their grandchildre...
The lives of nurses returning from war were changed for ever. Most had experienced conditions and situations that profoundly affected them emotionally and professionally and many had lost brothers and sweethearts in battle. But most importantly, these women had discovered a form of independence not experienced by unmarried women prior to 1914. Aust...
How did the five nurses featured in the ABC-TV mini series Anzac Girls cope with life after the war? Find out their stories of marriage, family, career and legacy in this article.
The true stories of extraordinary young women who witness the brutality and heroism of war and rise to meet the challenge. 96 IMDb 7.9 2014 6 episodes. X-Ray 16+. Drama. Watch with a free Prime trial. Watch with Prime. Start your 30-day free trial. Buy Episode 1. HD $2.99.
"ANZAC Girls" tells rarely told true stories of nurses who served with the Australian Army Nursing Service during World War I. The tales describe nurses who rose to meet the challenges of their...
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Watch true stories of Australian and New Zealand nurses serving during World War I in this drama series. Follow their adventures, duties, endurance, love, mateship and courage in six episodes.
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Jul 1, 2014 · ANZAC Girls tells of extraordinary young women who witness the brutality of war and rise to meet the challenge. Through shocking hardship they experience exceptional friendship, love, success...
