ANZAC Girls

2014 • Australian Broadcasting Corporation
4.8
22 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (6)

1 Adventure
7/1/14
Season-only
The ANZAC 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.
2 Duty
7/8/14
Season-only
Overcoming intense hardship and trauma on the Greek Island of Lemnos, Olive and Grace care for the injured troops from the botched August Offensive. In Egypt, Elsie has to fight to stay at the British Hospital in Alexandria in order to save the life of her seriously wounded husband Syd.
3 Endurance
7/15/14
Season-only
In Egypt, Alice and Elsie are confronted by the heart-wrenching reality of love during wartime, which reaches a breaking point for Elsie when she is forced to choose between her husband, Syd and her role abroad in the AANS. Whilst enduring the horrific conditions on Lemnos, Olive faces her greatest test of faith and resolve.
4 Love
7/22/14
Season-only
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. Meanwhile, Alice (Georgia Flood) is forced to face the emotional brutality of war as Harry (Dustin Clare) is believed to have been killed at Fromelles.
5 Mateship
7/29/14
Season-only
Alice (Georgia Flood) struggles to accept that Harry may have been killed; Hilda (Antonia Prebble) discovers an aptitude for anaesthetics, Olive (Anna McGahan) is proposed to by Pat, and Elsie (Laura Brent) returns to the war as part of the Croix Rouge.
6 Courage
8/5/14
Season-only
Alice (Georgia Flood), Hilda (Antonia Prebble) and Elsie (Laura Brent) all find themselves mere kilometres from the front, the possibility of death edging ever closer, while the war seems like it will never end.

About this show

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 and heartbreak. In World War One over three and a half thousand young Australian and New Zealand women served as nurses with the two fledgling nations' army services. Nearly three hundred were decorated for courage beyond the call of duty. Remarkable women, doing extraordinary work in terrible times.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
22 reviews
Robyn Seaborn
October 26, 2014
Educational, moving, honest account of the period in time. Fantastic acting. Would be excellent as educational tool for todays generation.
Vicky Smith
October 7, 2014
Its just a step back in time