This is based on the Australian and New Zealand Army Nursing Service. They were truly ANZAC's. They paved the way for the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps.
The production was filmed entirely
in
South
Australia.
Over
3,720
Australian
and
New
Zealand (ANZAC)
nurses
served
overseas
during
World
War
One.
Fifty-six ANZAC nurses
were
awarded
the
Royal
Red
Cross.
Two
hundred
and
ten ANZAC nurses
were
awarded
the
Associate
Red
Cross.
However, only
seven
ANZAC
nurses
were
awarded
Military
Medals.
This television production, which broadcast premiered in 2014, commemorates
the
Centenary
of
the
commencement
of
World
War
One in 1914.
This television mini-series was made and first broadcast about five to six years after its source book "The Other Anzacs" by Peter Rees had been first published in 2008.