1 00:00:06,774 --> 00:00:11,644 Olive Lilian Creswell Haynes, will you be my wife? 2 00:00:11,646 --> 00:00:14,347 I know you played it down to get him into surgery, 3 00:00:14,349 --> 00:00:15,948 but it still is a nasty wound. 4 00:00:15,950 --> 00:00:17,483 He won't be seeing action again. 5 00:00:23,056 --> 00:00:25,458 - Matron Wilson! - Sister Steele. 6 00:00:25,460 --> 00:00:28,394 You're back from London? 7 00:00:28,396 --> 00:00:31,931 A death list came out. Harry was on it. 8 00:00:31,933 --> 00:00:33,666 It was only a matter of time 9 00:00:33,668 --> 00:00:35,802 before the army sent Syd back to the war. 10 00:00:35,804 --> 00:00:38,371 Then I heard the Red Cross were asking for nurses 11 00:00:38,373 --> 00:00:39,972 for the French military hospitals. 12 00:00:39,974 --> 00:00:42,141 I'm not much of a romantic hero, 13 00:00:42,143 --> 00:00:43,910 but I have other qualities. 14 00:00:43,912 --> 00:00:47,146 My family can trace its history to William the Conqueror. 15 00:00:50,050 --> 00:00:51,818 Alice, I think we should volunteer 16 00:00:51,820 --> 00:00:54,053 for the casualty clearing station. 17 00:00:54,055 --> 00:00:56,255 Alright. - A change would be good for both of us. 18 00:00:57,758 --> 00:00:58,624 Oh. 19 00:02:24,978 --> 00:02:26,913 Checkpoint. Redcaps. 20 00:02:34,955 --> 00:02:36,088 Passes. 21 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,461 Fritz must be about. 22 00:02:42,463 --> 00:02:43,763 We'll be blackout from here, then. 23 00:02:47,367 --> 00:02:49,669 He'd love to drop a whiz-bang on our heads. 24 00:02:49,671 --> 00:02:51,203 I'd love to repay the compliment. 25 00:02:58,745 --> 00:03:00,546 All clear. 26 00:03:38,652 --> 00:03:46,492 ~ All that I am All that I do 27 00:03:46,494 --> 00:03:51,130 ~ All that I ever have 28 00:03:51,132 --> 00:03:54,533 ~ I offer now to you 29 00:03:54,535 --> 00:03:59,005 ~ Take and sanctify these gifts 30 00:03:59,007 --> 00:04:02,074 ~ For your honor, Lord 31 00:04:02,076 --> 00:04:07,346 ~ Knowing that I love and serve you 32 00:04:07,348 --> 00:04:11,651 ~ Is enough reward 33 00:04:11,653 --> 00:04:15,454 ~ All that I dream 34 00:04:15,456 --> 00:04:19,892 ~ All that I pray 35 00:04:19,894 --> 00:04:23,963 ~ All that I ever make 36 00:04:23,965 --> 00:04:26,666 ~ I give to you... ~ 37 00:04:26,668 --> 00:04:28,868 "My dear Elsie, 38 00:04:28,870 --> 00:04:31,070 "When Hilda and I left No. 1 39 00:04:31,072 --> 00:04:33,472 "to do our stint at the casualty clearing station, 40 00:04:33,474 --> 00:04:35,541 "the patients gave us flowers. 41 00:04:35,543 --> 00:04:38,411 "So I imagine a few rosebushes in Rouen 42 00:04:38,413 --> 00:04:39,879 "are strangely bare now." 43 00:04:39,881 --> 00:04:41,681 Sister Steele, Sister Ross King, 44 00:04:41,683 --> 00:04:43,516 you're to come straight onto duty. 45 00:04:43,518 --> 00:04:45,151 You men too. 46 00:04:49,656 --> 00:04:51,590 "Do you know where Syd is? 47 00:04:51,592 --> 00:04:54,126 "I suppose moved up and down the front 48 00:04:54,128 --> 00:04:55,961 "as suits the powers that be. 49 00:04:55,963 --> 00:04:58,664 "Give him my best love, won't you? 50 00:04:58,666 --> 00:05:01,834 "As for me, I am getting on well in my work, I think, 51 00:05:01,836 --> 00:05:04,570 "though I'm feeling Harry's loss more than I ever have done. 52 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,408 "But somehow I go dumbly on." 53 00:05:09,410 --> 00:05:12,344 Slip of a girl like you after some good honest porridge? 54 00:05:12,346 --> 00:05:14,547 Sounds delightful. Thank you, cook. 55 00:05:14,549 --> 00:05:15,948 Be with you in a mo. 56 00:05:19,687 --> 00:05:22,421 He's at it again! He wakes half the camp most mornings. 57 00:05:24,792 --> 00:05:28,494 ~..creatures great and small 58 00:05:28,496 --> 00:05:31,497 ~ All things wise and wonderful 59 00:05:31,499 --> 00:05:34,767 ~ The Lord God made them all 60 00:05:34,769 --> 00:05:36,969 ~ Ea... ~ Ohhh. 61 00:05:40,841 --> 00:05:45,578 ~ Each little flower that opens 62 00:05:45,580 --> 00:05:48,614 ~ Each little bird that sings 63 00:05:48,616 --> 00:05:49,448 ~ He... ~ 64 00:05:53,019 --> 00:05:54,253 A new parishioner. 65 00:05:55,655 --> 00:05:57,857 Do you... Do you sing? 66 00:05:57,859 --> 00:05:59,959 Very poorly. 67 00:05:59,961 --> 00:06:02,862 Oh, well, that never stopped me. 68 00:06:06,433 --> 00:06:08,033 Are we hit?! 69 00:06:08,035 --> 00:06:09,869 There's no need to worry yourself, my dear. 70 00:06:09,871 --> 00:06:11,637 The enemy's only interested in the railway, 71 00:06:11,639 --> 00:06:13,339 which is...well, it's over 100 yards away. 72 00:06:13,341 --> 00:06:15,174 Do you harmonize? 73 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:28,621 "My dear friend, 74 00:06:28,623 --> 00:06:31,624 "Though I know it's frowned upon to say such things, 75 00:06:31,626 --> 00:06:34,026 "this does seem to be the most depressing neck of the war, 76 00:06:34,028 --> 00:06:36,495 "and I can't help wondering if it's all worth it." 77 00:06:40,134 --> 00:06:41,700 Fraser! 78 00:06:41,702 --> 00:06:44,904 Dear God, Elsie! Is it here? Is it us? 79 00:06:44,906 --> 00:06:46,138 Come on! 80 00:06:47,607 --> 00:06:49,108 Allez! Allez! 81 00:06:55,515 --> 00:06:56,849 Vite! 82 00:06:58,151 --> 00:07:00,319 Madame Girard? 83 00:07:04,424 --> 00:07:06,625 The cellar! 84 00:07:09,630 --> 00:07:11,096 Hurry, Elsie! Hurry! 85 00:07:38,925 --> 00:07:41,160 Couldn't get by without our cook, now, could we? 86 00:07:43,597 --> 00:07:45,564 Comfy? 87 00:07:45,566 --> 00:07:47,066 Tipsy-topsy. 88 00:07:58,778 --> 00:08:01,080 "Dear Alice, You wouldn't believe 89 00:08:01,082 --> 00:08:03,482 "how adept my French is these days. 90 00:08:10,624 --> 00:08:12,858 "I am a veritable native speaker. 91 00:08:14,527 --> 00:08:16,495 "We are moving the wards to the cellars 92 00:08:16,497 --> 00:08:18,330 "because of the air raids, 93 00:08:18,332 --> 00:08:20,466 "and Fraser and I have dozens of patients between us, 94 00:08:20,468 --> 00:08:23,636 "though one's workload can increase at a moment's notice." 95 00:08:26,339 --> 00:08:27,873 Another migraine? 96 00:08:27,875 --> 00:08:29,742 I'm sorry, but... would you fill in for me? 97 00:08:29,744 --> 00:08:31,243 Of course. You go and lie down. 98 00:08:35,015 --> 00:08:37,716 "This is, of course, an entirely French hospital, 99 00:08:37,718 --> 00:08:40,119 "though when the push comes, we shall take all comers. 100 00:08:42,422 --> 00:08:44,990 "The nursing itself is very interesting. 101 00:08:44,992 --> 00:08:47,927 "We are using a new method for treating septic wounds, 102 00:08:47,929 --> 00:08:49,662 "the Carrel-Dakin." 103 00:08:51,999 --> 00:08:53,565 "There's been no formal training, 104 00:08:53,567 --> 00:08:54,967 "so I've just muddled through." 105 00:08:56,804 --> 00:08:59,772 "But our m�decin-chef, a very nice old thing, 106 00:08:59,774 --> 00:09:01,273 "seems pleased enough with my efforts. 107 00:09:02,876 --> 00:09:05,778 "I hope things are well with you at the CCS. 108 00:09:05,780 --> 00:09:08,514 "I haven't heard from Syd for some time 109 00:09:08,516 --> 00:09:11,550 "but believe he's at the front, somewhere to the east. 110 00:09:11,552 --> 00:09:13,385 "I miss him constantly, of course, 111 00:09:13,387 --> 00:09:15,721 "but mostly in the quiet of the evenings, 112 00:09:15,723 --> 00:09:18,057 "which have not been all that quiet of late." 113 00:09:19,627 --> 00:09:21,894 "Though it seems that tonight, at least, 114 00:09:21,896 --> 00:09:23,862 "the Kaiser has turned his attentions elsewhere." 115 00:09:34,908 --> 00:09:36,742 The Germans! Do you hear them? 116 00:09:36,744 --> 00:09:40,813 I think they've quietened down at the front just now. 117 00:09:40,815 --> 00:09:44,083 - Here you go, Sister. - Thank you, Wilson. 118 00:09:52,859 --> 00:09:56,128 - Bit het up? - Pneumonia. 119 00:09:56,130 --> 00:09:59,064 His temperature's over 100. 120 00:09:59,066 --> 00:10:00,733 Last CCS I worked at, 121 00:10:00,735 --> 00:10:02,768 we had a bloke so hot, we toasted muffins on him. 122 00:10:05,071 --> 00:10:07,373 Don't worry, Private Gilmore. 123 00:10:07,375 --> 00:10:09,508 I won't let them treat you with so little respect. 124 00:10:09,510 --> 00:10:11,844 Boys of the Bulldog Breed! 125 00:10:11,846 --> 00:10:13,912 We mustn't let them beat us, Sister! 126 00:10:13,914 --> 00:10:15,547 Shh! 127 00:10:21,588 --> 00:10:22,688 Oh! 128 00:10:31,164 --> 00:10:33,265 Have you had supper yet, Sister? 129 00:10:35,435 --> 00:10:36,835 Off you go, then. 130 00:10:36,837 --> 00:10:38,504 Cook's really outdone himself 131 00:10:38,506 --> 00:10:40,005 with the Yorkshire pud. 132 00:10:40,007 --> 00:10:41,607 I closed my eyes and chewed, 133 00:10:41,609 --> 00:10:43,675 it was almost as if I was back in Otago. 134 00:10:47,814 --> 00:10:49,281 Thank you, Wilson. 135 00:10:51,017 --> 00:10:52,851 Keep sponging him. 136 00:10:52,853 --> 00:10:55,687 If he gets any worse, fetch me and I'll give him a sedative. 137 00:10:55,689 --> 00:10:56,955 Sure thing. 138 00:11:13,373 --> 00:11:15,140 That's the last of it. 139 00:11:15,142 --> 00:11:18,143 - Everything alright, Sister? - Blood pressure's steady. 140 00:11:18,145 --> 00:11:22,548 Great. Let's get him sewn up, get to supper. 141 00:11:22,550 --> 00:11:23,949 Thread. 142 00:11:23,951 --> 00:11:25,851 I do hope there's some Yorkshire pudding left. 143 00:11:25,853 --> 00:11:27,886 Cook's last one was very tasty. 144 00:11:31,659 --> 00:11:34,159 See, it's all in the eggs. 145 00:11:34,161 --> 00:11:38,664 You need plenty of eggs to ensure sufficient rising. 146 00:11:38,666 --> 00:11:42,000 Now, a Yorkie that ain't at least four inches high 147 00:11:42,002 --> 00:11:43,602 ain't a real Yorkie. 148 00:11:43,604 --> 00:11:46,271 My mother's are always rather rubbery and flat. 149 00:11:50,577 --> 00:11:52,678 - Gilmore? - He's delirious. 150 00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:54,880 Can't keep him in bed, and he's waking the other blokes. 151 00:11:54,882 --> 00:11:57,082 I'll pop it by the stove, keep it warm for you. 152 00:11:57,084 --> 00:11:58,584 Thank you. 153 00:12:01,421 --> 00:12:03,589 ~ I've got sixpence 154 00:12:03,591 --> 00:12:05,757 ~ Jolly, jolly sixpence 155 00:12:05,759 --> 00:12:10,929 ~ I've got sixpence to last me all my life... ~ 156 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:15,067 Oh, look at that, Sister! 157 00:12:15,069 --> 00:12:17,436 Isn't he pretty? 158 00:12:17,438 --> 00:12:19,204 Heading for the railway line again, I suppose. 159 00:12:22,475 --> 00:12:24,510 ~ Da, da, da, da... ~ 160 00:12:24,512 --> 00:12:26,311 - Wilson, what are you doing? - Get down! Get down! 161 00:12:27,780 --> 00:12:29,081 Quick! 162 00:12:42,563 --> 00:12:43,762 Wilson? 163 00:12:48,635 --> 00:12:50,936 Arggh! 164 00:12:50,938 --> 00:12:53,172 Wilson, where are you?! 165 00:12:53,174 --> 00:12:54,673 Help me, please! 166 00:13:02,348 --> 00:13:05,617 - Are you alright? Boys! - I can't hear! 167 00:13:05,619 --> 00:13:07,386 Where's the night sister? Where is she? 168 00:13:07,388 --> 00:13:09,054 Here. 169 00:13:09,056 --> 00:13:10,956 Sister Earle, are you hurt? 170 00:13:10,958 --> 00:13:13,926 We must get them under the beds in case there are more bombs. 171 00:13:13,928 --> 00:13:16,028 Some of them may already be concussed. 172 00:13:16,030 --> 00:13:18,130 Don't leave me. Please. 173 00:13:18,132 --> 00:13:20,399 I have to check the other wards. You'll be alright. 174 00:13:22,835 --> 00:13:24,536 Wilson! 175 00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:27,906 Wilson! 176 00:13:29,375 --> 00:13:31,410 Stay over him. 177 00:13:31,412 --> 00:13:34,680 WILSON, I NEED THE LIGHT! 178 00:13:34,682 --> 00:13:36,715 Wilson! 179 00:13:43,056 --> 00:13:46,725 - They've put me bloody fire out! - Have the wards been hit? 180 00:13:46,727 --> 00:13:48,927 - Stay under fucking cover! - But the wards! 181 00:13:48,929 --> 00:13:50,195 Cook, come back! 182 00:13:56,903 --> 00:13:59,871 Help, somebody! My ward's been hit! 183 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:04,676 Wilson! 184 00:14:04,678 --> 00:14:06,111 Ohhh! Wilson! 185 00:14:09,716 --> 00:14:10,749 Come on. 186 00:14:10,751 --> 00:14:11,984 Come on! 187 00:14:16,556 --> 00:14:18,523 Private Gilmore! 188 00:14:19,927 --> 00:14:21,159 Are you alright? 189 00:14:35,008 --> 00:14:37,409 Help! Help! My ward's been hit! 190 00:14:37,411 --> 00:14:39,177 My ward's been hit! Help me, please! 191 00:14:42,115 --> 00:14:45,450 - I can't shift it. - I need help now! 192 00:14:45,452 --> 00:14:47,619 - Help me, please! - The door's blocked. 193 00:14:47,621 --> 00:14:49,087 We can't get out. 194 00:14:49,089 --> 00:14:51,857 We have to close this man up. Get me some light. 195 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:57,362 No, don't! The free ether. It could explode. 196 00:14:57,364 --> 00:15:00,265 - Have to make do, then. - Pull off those curtains. 197 00:15:05,605 --> 00:15:07,339 Keep your fingers on his pulse. 198 00:15:07,341 --> 00:15:09,308 Yes, sir. 199 00:15:09,310 --> 00:15:11,009 Wilson? 200 00:15:11,011 --> 00:15:13,445 Oh, Father! Are you alright? 201 00:15:13,447 --> 00:15:14,846 The ward's collapsed. 202 00:15:18,518 --> 00:15:20,519 If you just help me lift the other side. 203 00:15:20,521 --> 00:15:22,554 - Leave it to the Lord, Sister. - What?! 204 00:15:24,090 --> 00:15:26,124 Leave it...to the Lord. 205 00:15:26,126 --> 00:15:27,459 I NEED HELP NOW! 206 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:31,296 Are you alright? Are you alright? 207 00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:47,045 God! 208 00:15:52,552 --> 00:15:55,987 Shit. 209 00:15:55,989 --> 00:15:57,756 - OVER HERE! - Coming! 210 00:15:57,758 --> 00:16:00,058 - Anyone hurt? - We must get the tent up now! 211 00:16:00,060 --> 00:16:04,463 - What's been hit? - Ready. One, two, three! 212 00:16:12,939 --> 00:16:15,974 Get the stretchers! We need to get them out of here. 213 00:16:15,976 --> 00:16:18,009 Private Gilmore! 214 00:16:18,011 --> 00:16:20,512 I need stretchers up here now! 215 00:16:20,514 --> 00:16:22,848 Gilmore. Gilmore. 216 00:16:22,850 --> 00:16:24,950 It's Sister Ross King. 217 00:16:24,952 --> 00:16:28,019 It's alright. It's alright. You can get back into bed now. 218 00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:31,356 Up you come. 219 00:16:32,692 --> 00:16:34,593 Up you come. 220 00:16:34,595 --> 00:16:36,128 Arggh! 221 00:16:41,434 --> 00:16:43,135 You're alright, Gilmore. 222 00:16:52,545 --> 00:16:54,913 Come on. Come on. 223 00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:01,920 Step, step. 224 00:17:01,922 --> 00:17:03,855 Another step. There's a puddle. 225 00:17:03,857 --> 00:17:05,791 Ready, step over the puddle. 226 00:17:05,793 --> 00:17:08,360 Over here. 227 00:17:10,630 --> 00:17:14,399 Watch your head. That's it. That's it. 228 00:17:14,401 --> 00:17:16,935 You're alright. You're alright. You're alright. 229 00:17:16,937 --> 00:17:19,104 Sister Earle, I need you to go into that tent 230 00:17:19,106 --> 00:17:20,939 and go to the right side. 231 00:17:20,941 --> 00:17:22,641 There are two patients. I'll be right there. 232 00:17:22,643 --> 00:17:24,042 - Right. - Right? I'll be right back. 233 00:17:29,549 --> 00:17:30,949 You alright? 234 00:17:32,885 --> 00:17:34,920 I need that morphine! 235 00:17:34,922 --> 00:17:37,155 Find some morphine. And some clean water. 236 00:17:57,143 --> 00:18:00,412 Here. Drink some of this. 237 00:18:00,414 --> 00:18:02,547 Alice! 238 00:18:05,418 --> 00:18:06,852 Sorry, Private. 239 00:18:50,429 --> 00:18:52,464 I don't remember very clearly. 240 00:18:52,466 --> 00:18:54,833 I remember falling in that and calling for Wilson, 241 00:18:54,835 --> 00:18:56,868 but he never showed. 242 00:18:59,105 --> 00:19:00,272 Oh, God. 243 00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:07,779 Oh, God, I thought he flunked it. 244 00:19:07,781 --> 00:19:10,782 I thought that he'd run away. I thought that he flunked it. 245 00:19:10,784 --> 00:19:13,451 Alice, come away. 246 00:19:13,453 --> 00:19:15,720 I thought that he flunked it! 247 00:19:15,722 --> 00:19:17,222 Alice, come away! 248 00:19:21,662 --> 00:19:24,195 Oh! Where did you come from? 249 00:19:52,124 --> 00:19:54,359 Post arrived! 250 00:20:06,372 --> 00:20:08,940 Syd's unit's been moved. He's been posted to Fricourt. 251 00:20:08,942 --> 00:20:11,376 Only 20 miles away. 252 00:20:11,378 --> 00:20:14,045 We're not on duty until tomorrow afternoon. 253 00:20:14,047 --> 00:20:16,448 Is that supply lorry still here? 254 00:20:16,450 --> 00:20:17,983 What... 255 00:20:17,985 --> 00:20:19,351 Elsie, wait! 256 00:20:26,559 --> 00:20:27,726 Bonjour? 257 00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:31,896 - Bonjour? - Bonjour. 258 00:20:31,898 --> 00:20:34,532 Parlez-vous anglais? 259 00:20:34,534 --> 00:20:36,868 Sorry, love. Bonjour's all the frog I parlez. 260 00:20:36,870 --> 00:20:39,437 You're Australian. Are you going back up the line? 261 00:20:39,439 --> 00:20:40,939 Soon as these nippers are done. 262 00:20:40,941 --> 00:20:43,608 Could you take a couple of passengers to Fricourt? 263 00:20:43,610 --> 00:20:45,543 Take you ladies all the way to Berlin. 264 00:20:45,545 --> 00:20:49,147 - Long as you've got passes. - Passes. Of course. 265 00:20:49,149 --> 00:20:50,749 They're just in our room. We'll be right back. 266 00:20:52,818 --> 00:20:55,687 Passes? Elsie! 267 00:20:55,689 --> 00:20:58,623 We haven't got travel passes. 268 00:20:58,625 --> 00:21:00,558 You have to apply for them from the military police. 269 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,494 I know. 270 00:21:02,496 --> 00:21:04,362 But the assistant provost marshal's terribly strict, 271 00:21:04,364 --> 00:21:05,797 and Fricourt's practically on the front line, 272 00:21:05,799 --> 00:21:07,966 so he's not likely to give us passes to go there. 273 00:21:07,968 --> 00:21:10,135 I know. So we'll just have to go without. 274 00:21:10,137 --> 00:21:13,605 Why don't we just wait, get the APM's permission? 275 00:21:13,607 --> 00:21:16,408 If we wait, our chance of getting to Fricourt drives away. 276 00:21:16,410 --> 00:21:17,976 But there'll be other chances tomorrow. 277 00:21:17,978 --> 00:21:20,445 The army might move Syd tomorrow, Fraser. 278 00:21:20,447 --> 00:21:22,447 A bomb might drop on us tomorrow. 279 00:21:22,449 --> 00:21:25,016 There might not be a tomorrow. 280 00:21:25,018 --> 00:21:28,520 I haven't seen my husband in nearly nine months, 281 00:21:28,522 --> 00:21:29,854 and he's so close. 282 00:21:34,393 --> 00:21:36,928 - It's just me. - All present and correct? 283 00:21:36,930 --> 00:21:38,363 Off we go, then. 284 00:21:53,079 --> 00:21:54,913 You're lucky to get through it. 285 00:21:54,915 --> 00:21:56,581 This was German territory a week ago. 286 00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:06,925 They shelled us hither and yon. 287 00:22:10,696 --> 00:22:12,197 We shelled 'em right back again. 288 00:22:13,999 --> 00:22:16,301 We just...leave them there? 289 00:22:17,870 --> 00:22:19,671 Got enough of our blokes to bury. 290 00:22:38,124 --> 00:22:42,427 Hello. Um, I'm looking for Major Sydney Cook. 291 00:22:42,429 --> 00:22:44,462 His company's at the front. 292 00:22:44,464 --> 00:22:47,832 - When are they expected back? - Should've been here by now. 293 00:23:57,636 --> 00:23:58,469 Oh! 294 00:24:02,809 --> 00:24:04,776 You want to go to Amiens straightaway? 295 00:24:04,778 --> 00:24:07,345 I've only got 24 hours leave. I don't want to spend it here. 296 00:24:07,347 --> 00:24:09,981 The supply lorry will be going back in a couple of hours. 297 00:24:09,983 --> 00:24:11,883 I'm not hanging round that long. Allez. On y va. 298 00:24:39,778 --> 00:24:42,547 Fraser's happy to bunk in with Sister Cuthbert for the night. 299 00:24:44,750 --> 00:24:47,485 And Madame Girard baked us some madeleines. 300 00:24:47,487 --> 00:24:49,921 I can't imagine where she found the eggs. 301 00:24:54,994 --> 00:24:56,394 Why don't you sit down? 302 00:25:23,656 --> 00:25:24,756 Let me. 303 00:25:26,959 --> 00:25:29,260 Let me. 304 00:27:46,598 --> 00:27:48,199 I still keep track, you know. 305 00:27:51,503 --> 00:27:53,237 Keep track of what? 306 00:27:54,573 --> 00:27:55,440 Everything. 307 00:27:57,376 --> 00:28:01,145 Our wedding anniversary, our engagement anniversary. 308 00:28:03,649 --> 00:28:05,750 The day you were shot in the leg. 309 00:28:05,752 --> 00:28:07,885 The day you were shot at Lone Pine. 310 00:28:10,355 --> 00:28:12,457 When you were transported to Alexandria. 311 00:28:14,593 --> 00:28:16,194 When you first sailed. 312 00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:18,796 When I first sailed. 313 00:28:22,501 --> 00:28:27,738 You have to mark the passage of the years somehow, I suppose. 314 00:28:30,576 --> 00:28:32,009 Keep rubbing my head. 315 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,821 Kitty! Kitty. Here, kitty. 316 00:28:46,725 --> 00:28:48,559 Oh, please, kitty. 317 00:28:48,561 --> 00:28:50,895 Sister Ross King. Looking for something, are you? 318 00:28:50,897 --> 00:28:53,698 Well, I wanted to give you some rather pleasing news. 319 00:29:03,009 --> 00:29:05,943 - I'm to get an award? - You and three others. 320 00:29:05,945 --> 00:29:09,680 Not just any award. The Military Medal. 321 00:29:09,682 --> 00:29:12,617 There'll be an official ceremony in a few weeks. 322 00:29:12,619 --> 00:29:14,085 General Birdwood himself is coming. 323 00:29:16,321 --> 00:29:19,290 This is a marvelous day, Sister. 324 00:29:19,292 --> 00:29:21,459 Let me be the first to congratulate you. 325 00:29:21,461 --> 00:29:23,494 Oh. Thank you. 326 00:29:24,664 --> 00:29:26,330 Oh! 327 00:29:26,332 --> 00:29:27,798 Kitty! 328 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:29,333 Come on. 329 00:29:29,335 --> 00:29:30,301 Hello! 330 00:29:34,339 --> 00:29:39,110 The Military Medal recognizes acts of gallantry 331 00:29:39,112 --> 00:29:41,879 and devotion to duty under fire. 332 00:29:41,881 --> 00:29:45,349 It was created by the King less than two years ago. 333 00:29:45,351 --> 00:29:48,519 And since then, I've had the pleasure and the honor 334 00:29:48,521 --> 00:29:51,956 to present it to many brave young men of the AIF 335 00:29:51,958 --> 00:29:56,994 who embody the very spirit of your country. 336 00:29:56,996 --> 00:29:59,463 And now I get to present it to young women who do the same. 337 00:30:03,902 --> 00:30:06,137 On the night of 22 July, 338 00:30:06,139 --> 00:30:10,908 the enemy dropped no fewer than five bombs on this hospital. 339 00:30:10,910 --> 00:30:12,843 On such an occasion, 340 00:30:12,845 --> 00:30:16,480 I well know the value of courage and coolness. 341 00:30:16,482 --> 00:30:19,784 On that night, Sister Ross King 342 00:30:19,786 --> 00:30:22,153 acted not only with great courage and great coolness... 343 00:30:25,490 --> 00:30:27,225 ..but also with great compassion. 344 00:30:37,169 --> 00:30:42,440 Your fine behavior has fully earned you this decoration. 345 00:30:42,442 --> 00:30:45,576 I present it to you now 346 00:30:45,578 --> 00:30:47,945 with my heartiest congratulations. 347 00:31:12,471 --> 00:31:14,705 You must be very pleased. They've done very well. 348 00:31:14,707 --> 00:31:16,474 I'm very proud. Thank you, General. 349 00:31:16,476 --> 00:31:17,708 Excuse me. 350 00:31:21,813 --> 00:31:24,715 - Well done, Sister Ross King. - Thank you, Miss Wilson. 351 00:31:24,717 --> 00:31:27,518 - And thank you again for coming. - Oh! 352 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:29,954 My dear Alice, I wouldn't have missed this for the world. 353 00:31:29,956 --> 00:31:32,023 Seeing nurses get a military commendation 354 00:31:32,025 --> 00:31:34,091 from the army commander-in-chief himself. 355 00:31:36,928 --> 00:31:39,697 What a journey this war has been for you. 356 00:31:39,699 --> 00:31:41,499 For all of us. 357 00:31:46,838 --> 00:31:48,873 - Hello, Xavier. - Hello, Alice. 358 00:31:48,875 --> 00:31:51,409 You're looking very well. 359 00:31:51,411 --> 00:31:53,577 Thank you. I thought you were in London. 360 00:31:53,579 --> 00:31:55,079 I was. 361 00:31:55,081 --> 00:31:57,048 But you just happened to be passing? 362 00:31:57,050 --> 00:32:00,117 I was at Rouen, and the talk was all 363 00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:02,053 of a certain Aussie sister and her MM. 364 00:32:06,358 --> 00:32:10,127 Tell me of London. What do you do there, away from the war? 365 00:32:10,129 --> 00:32:12,863 Well... I went to a play the other day. 366 00:32:12,865 --> 00:32:14,865 A play? By whom? 367 00:32:14,867 --> 00:32:17,368 Some Scandinavian chap. 368 00:32:17,370 --> 00:32:20,404 Well, I'm not sure I grasped what he was on about. 369 00:32:20,406 --> 00:32:22,106 Mostly involved the actors declaiming loudly 370 00:32:22,108 --> 00:32:23,941 about the woeful state of modern man. 371 00:32:23,943 --> 00:32:26,811 You should pick your plays more carefully. 372 00:32:26,813 --> 00:32:30,081 Go to a comedy by Wilde. 373 00:32:30,083 --> 00:32:33,551 Or a satire by Bernard Shaw. 374 00:32:33,553 --> 00:32:36,454 Come back with me and I'll take you to every theatre in London. 375 00:32:39,658 --> 00:32:43,527 I knew you were at Trois Arbres before I came to France. 376 00:32:43,529 --> 00:32:47,164 I'd made inquiries. 377 00:32:47,166 --> 00:32:50,568 You see, you've been somewhat in my thoughts. 378 00:32:50,570 --> 00:32:52,069 Somewhat in my thoughts! 379 00:32:54,906 --> 00:32:56,173 Since Egypt... 380 00:32:58,176 --> 00:32:59,744 ..not a single dawn has broken 381 00:32:59,746 --> 00:33:02,813 that I haven't woken up thinking of you. 382 00:33:02,815 --> 00:33:06,817 I've come to...to make you another offer, of marriage. 383 00:33:09,788 --> 00:33:13,991 I... I'm not callow, Alice. 384 00:33:13,993 --> 00:33:15,459 I know the loss you've suffered. 385 00:33:17,796 --> 00:33:19,864 And I don't presume in the least 386 00:33:19,866 --> 00:33:21,399 to replace Harry in your heart. 387 00:33:25,670 --> 00:33:27,972 But this war will end one day. 388 00:33:27,974 --> 00:33:30,040 It will end. 389 00:33:30,042 --> 00:33:32,042 There's a future beyond these years of suffering. 390 00:33:34,746 --> 00:33:36,714 I believe we could have that future together. 391 00:33:42,687 --> 00:33:44,855 My feelings for you have not altered. 392 00:33:46,658 --> 00:33:48,025 I love you. 393 00:33:49,428 --> 00:33:51,061 Please marry me. 394 00:33:56,435 --> 00:33:58,068 Xavier... 395 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:02,673 Thank you. 396 00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:07,545 But... 397 00:34:10,582 --> 00:34:12,183 I can't. 398 00:34:33,104 --> 00:34:35,873 "And I can't marry him, Elsie, 399 00:34:35,875 --> 00:34:40,044 "no matter that Xavier's the nicest man I know... 400 00:34:40,046 --> 00:34:43,447 "..and that he would do his sincerest best 401 00:34:43,449 --> 00:34:45,916 "to make me happy. 402 00:34:45,918 --> 00:34:47,685 "I can't marry him 403 00:34:47,687 --> 00:34:49,854 "because two years ago, I chose Harry over him. 404 00:34:49,856 --> 00:34:52,790 "To return to him now, far from making a new life, 405 00:34:52,792 --> 00:34:55,092 "would be living in the past. 406 00:34:55,094 --> 00:34:56,961 "It would be unfair, cruel to both of us. 407 00:34:58,964 --> 00:35:01,699 "So my dear Sister Cook, 408 00:35:01,701 --> 00:35:03,534 "it seems your pal shall end her days 409 00:35:03,536 --> 00:35:05,803 "a spinster surrounded by cats." 410 00:35:08,508 --> 00:35:10,608 Do we have to go to the dugout? 411 00:35:12,477 --> 00:35:13,978 It's just the railway. 412 00:36:23,481 --> 00:36:24,848 Refugees from the front. 413 00:36:57,148 --> 00:36:59,850 I'll tell you one thing. 414 00:36:59,852 --> 00:37:03,087 If the Germans get here before I finish these socks for Syd, 415 00:37:03,089 --> 00:37:04,588 there'll be hell to pay. 416 00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:09,560 Scalpel. 417 00:37:09,562 --> 00:37:13,897 So they mount the naval gun onto a truck, 418 00:37:13,899 --> 00:37:16,900 sneak down the railway line at midnight 419 00:37:16,902 --> 00:37:19,637 then fire a few huge shells. 420 00:37:21,373 --> 00:37:22,806 Then depart. 421 00:37:22,808 --> 00:37:26,076 By the time Fritz is awake and looking for them, 422 00:37:26,078 --> 00:37:28,479 they're nowhere to be seen! 423 00:37:28,481 --> 00:37:30,014 Word is we're making some progress. 424 00:37:30,016 --> 00:37:33,917 Pushed them back 20 miles in some places. 425 00:37:33,919 --> 00:37:35,753 Picking up POWs left, right and center. 426 00:37:35,755 --> 00:37:37,421 More swab. 427 00:38:00,578 --> 00:38:03,414 Let's get him back on the bed. 428 00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:35,345 Just give me a minute. 429 00:39:12,684 --> 00:39:14,685 Bonjour? 430 00:39:14,687 --> 00:39:16,520 It's me, old girl. 431 00:39:16,522 --> 00:39:18,422 Syd, are you alright? Are you injured? 432 00:39:18,424 --> 00:39:21,325 - No, I'm fine, fine. - Oh, God, sweetheart! 433 00:39:21,327 --> 00:39:23,327 - I thought... - No, I'm fine. 434 00:39:23,329 --> 00:39:25,429 Listen up. Marvelous news. 435 00:39:25,431 --> 00:39:27,898 The pater and Mother are coming to London, 436 00:39:27,900 --> 00:39:29,733 and he's arranging with High Command 437 00:39:29,735 --> 00:39:31,568 for me to get leave to join them. 438 00:39:31,570 --> 00:39:33,670 That's wonderful. 439 00:39:33,672 --> 00:39:35,506 You need a break, 440 00:39:35,508 --> 00:39:37,574 and your parents will be so pleased to see you. 441 00:39:37,576 --> 00:39:39,576 You must be there too, of course. 442 00:39:39,578 --> 00:39:42,346 Oh, Syd, I'd love to, 443 00:39:42,348 --> 00:39:45,449 but I think my chances of leave are pretty poor. 444 00:39:45,451 --> 00:39:49,319 Surely you can be spared for a week or two. 445 00:39:49,321 --> 00:39:52,389 I don't think I can. We're terribly busy at the moment. 446 00:39:52,391 --> 00:39:54,391 Yes, but what about me? 447 00:39:54,393 --> 00:39:56,093 I can hardly go around London 448 00:39:56,095 --> 00:39:59,363 without my wife on my arm, can I? 449 00:39:59,365 --> 00:40:02,099 Look, I've got to go, but I'll be in touch with the dates. 450 00:40:17,482 --> 00:40:18,315 Ma'am. 451 00:40:21,686 --> 00:40:23,520 I've just been up on the street. 452 00:40:23,522 --> 00:40:25,689 The American troops are coming in in droves! 453 00:40:25,691 --> 00:40:27,324 Hundreds and hundreds of them! 454 00:40:30,061 --> 00:40:31,895 It's a good thing, don't you think? 455 00:40:31,897 --> 00:40:33,730 If the Americans are here at last, 456 00:40:33,732 --> 00:40:35,599 surely the war will turn now. 457 00:40:35,601 --> 00:40:37,534 Elsie! 458 00:40:37,536 --> 00:40:39,203 Don't you think it's a good sign? 459 00:40:40,672 --> 00:40:42,172 I don't know. 460 00:40:42,174 --> 00:40:43,941 I don't know about the Americans, 461 00:40:43,943 --> 00:40:46,510 I don't know about the Germans, don't know about anything. 462 00:40:46,512 --> 00:40:48,745 I've got work to do. 463 00:41:24,716 --> 00:41:25,716 Hello? 464 00:41:38,763 --> 00:41:39,997 Hello? 465 00:41:41,566 --> 00:41:42,799 Hello? 466 00:41:51,042 --> 00:41:54,311 Wasser. Wasser. 467 00:41:56,948 --> 00:41:58,448 Bitte. Wasser. 468 00:42:05,757 --> 00:42:09,726 "They had been there for three and a half days, Elsie. 469 00:42:09,728 --> 00:42:13,664 "Three and a half days without water or food or care, 470 00:42:13,666 --> 00:42:16,433 "overlooked by their captors, forgotten by us all. 471 00:42:19,070 --> 00:42:21,138 "And who can blame us? 472 00:42:21,140 --> 00:42:24,141 "Every one of the staff here are dead beat. 473 00:42:24,143 --> 00:42:26,677 "But at last, Major Barton came, 474 00:42:26,679 --> 00:42:29,646 "and together we did those that were still alive." 475 00:42:38,656 --> 00:42:41,758 I'll get transport organized. 476 00:42:58,943 --> 00:43:01,712 Gott ist mit Deutschland. 477 00:43:01,714 --> 00:43:03,981 God is with Germany. 478 00:43:39,517 --> 00:43:43,587 Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 479 00:43:43,589 --> 00:43:46,556 Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, 480 00:43:46,558 --> 00:43:47,958 on earth as it is in heaven. 481 00:43:52,530 --> 00:43:54,798 Give us this day our daily bread, 482 00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:56,700 and forgive us our trespasses, 483 00:43:56,702 --> 00:43:59,870 as we forgive those who trespass against us. 484 00:43:59,872 --> 00:44:03,306 Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 485 00:44:52,857 --> 00:44:55,092 Hello, old girl. 486 00:44:55,094 --> 00:44:57,861 Have you had your leave for London approved yet? 487 00:44:57,863 --> 00:44:59,863 Not yet. 488 00:44:59,865 --> 00:45:01,932 Well, it won't be a problem. 489 00:45:01,934 --> 00:45:04,868 Father's going to have a word to the head of the Croix-Rouge, 490 00:45:04,870 --> 00:45:07,304 pull a few strings. 491 00:45:07,306 --> 00:45:10,540 Now, I've circled the places we should visit. 492 00:45:10,542 --> 00:45:12,709 Your father's writing on my behalf? 493 00:45:12,711 --> 00:45:14,111 Mm-hm. 494 00:45:14,113 --> 00:45:16,346 I thought we'd start with the galleries 495 00:45:16,348 --> 00:45:18,014 then go on to Covent Garden... 496 00:45:18,016 --> 00:45:19,850 I do wish he wouldn't. 497 00:45:19,852 --> 00:45:21,685 You're not feeling squeamish 498 00:45:21,687 --> 00:45:23,587 over a bit of queue-jumping, are you? 499 00:45:23,589 --> 00:45:25,489 No. 500 00:45:25,491 --> 00:45:26,990 'Cause you've certainly never scrupled to play the 501 00:45:26,992 --> 00:45:29,726 "My father-in-law's Sir Joseph Cook" card before. 502 00:45:33,831 --> 00:45:36,066 Something wrong? 503 00:45:36,068 --> 00:45:39,703 I told you, with the big push on, 504 00:45:39,705 --> 00:45:41,805 things are very busy at the hospital right now. 505 00:45:41,807 --> 00:45:43,673 They'll be hard-pressed without me... 506 00:45:43,675 --> 00:45:46,209 Hard-pressed? Are you sure? You're only a nurse. 507 00:45:47,879 --> 00:45:50,013 Only a nurse or not, 508 00:45:50,015 --> 00:45:53,383 now is not the time for me to go gallivanting off to London. 509 00:45:53,385 --> 00:45:55,552 Even though I am "only a nurse". 510 00:45:55,554 --> 00:45:57,821 For goodness sake! I'm not saying they don't value you. 511 00:45:57,823 --> 00:45:59,723 I just can't believe there's no-one else 512 00:45:59,725 --> 00:46:01,491 that can fill your shoes. 513 00:46:01,493 --> 00:46:04,394 And I can't believe you expect me just to come to your... 514 00:46:04,396 --> 00:46:06,029 Alright! Alright! 515 00:46:07,665 --> 00:46:09,699 It just seems a bit off, you know... 516 00:46:11,068 --> 00:46:13,436 ..putting your... 517 00:46:13,438 --> 00:46:15,739 ..what you do ahead of us. 518 00:46:20,378 --> 00:46:22,946 We don't get many chances to be together. 519 00:46:27,018 --> 00:46:30,387 I would love to take this one, but I can't. 520 00:46:33,024 --> 00:46:35,058 I know you need me, 521 00:46:35,060 --> 00:46:38,628 but I truly believe that right now, I'm needed more here. 522 00:46:57,548 --> 00:46:59,950 Alice! Alice! 523 00:46:59,952 --> 00:47:01,451 Alice! 524 00:47:12,530 --> 00:47:15,832 What were you thinking, standing out there in the light like that? 525 00:47:15,834 --> 00:47:17,634 - Nothing. - Jerries could have seen you. 526 00:47:17,636 --> 00:47:19,169 - You could have been killed. - But I wasn't. 527 00:47:22,807 --> 00:47:25,575 What were you doing? 528 00:47:25,577 --> 00:47:28,311 Wishing on a star? 529 00:47:28,313 --> 00:47:29,846 Something like that. 530 00:47:35,620 --> 00:47:37,821 May as well keep ourselves warm. - Ta, sir. 531 00:47:39,757 --> 00:47:41,524 You know, I've... 532 00:47:41,526 --> 00:47:44,928 ..been wondering if there's someone watching over me. 533 00:47:44,930 --> 00:47:49,833 I've given 476 anesthetics 534 00:47:49,835 --> 00:47:53,403 and...not lost a patient yet. 535 00:47:53,405 --> 00:47:55,438 No, Hilda. 536 00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:57,507 That's just you. 537 00:47:57,509 --> 00:48:00,910 What do you mean? 538 00:48:00,912 --> 00:48:03,413 I mean, you goose, you're good at your job. 539 00:48:05,283 --> 00:48:07,350 Oh. As are you. 540 00:48:09,053 --> 00:48:11,154 As are you, Sister Ross King. 541 00:48:18,362 --> 00:48:20,597 I...wrote to Miss Wilson. 542 00:48:23,934 --> 00:48:26,536 We've been at the CCS long enough. 543 00:48:41,452 --> 00:48:44,487 - Sister Ross King. - Oh, Miss Wilson. 544 00:48:44,489 --> 00:48:46,523 - Sister Steele. - Miss Wilson. 545 00:48:46,525 --> 00:48:48,525 Welcome back. You'll find a lot's changed. 546 00:48:55,399 --> 00:49:00,437 ~ I've been a wild rover 547 00:49:00,439 --> 00:49:02,505 ~ For many... ~ 548 00:49:02,507 --> 00:49:04,507 "My beloved Syd, 549 00:49:04,509 --> 00:49:06,576 "I suppose by now you have heard the news 550 00:49:06,578 --> 00:49:08,945 "that Lille, Ostend and Douai are all taken? 551 00:49:10,815 --> 00:49:13,850 "At long last, in this, the fifth year of the war, 552 00:49:13,852 --> 00:49:15,752 "it does seem that the tide may be truly turning. 553 00:49:22,827 --> 00:49:24,994 "I think if we had realized when we signed up 554 00:49:24,996 --> 00:49:27,697 "that in four years time we should still be here, 555 00:49:27,699 --> 00:49:29,532 "still plugging away, 556 00:49:29,534 --> 00:49:31,334 "I'm afraid our hearts would have quailed." 557 00:49:36,006 --> 00:49:42,445 ~ No, nay, never 558 00:49:42,447 --> 00:49:49,586 ~ No, nay, never, no more... ~ 559 00:49:53,824 --> 00:49:55,792 "My dearest, 560 00:49:55,794 --> 00:50:00,330 "don't let the dark of this long war fill your heart. 561 00:50:00,332 --> 00:50:03,666 "All things pass and fall away. 562 00:50:03,668 --> 00:50:06,536 "But I shall always be your loving wife. 563 00:50:06,538 --> 00:50:07,704 "Elsie." 564 00:50:09,407 --> 00:50:14,144 ~ Tell them what I've done 565 00:50:14,146 --> 00:50:16,980 ~ And I'll ask them to pardon... ~ 566 00:50:23,521 --> 00:50:26,756 - Is it a convoy? - It's armistice! 567 00:50:26,758 --> 00:50:29,626 It's armistice! 568 00:50:29,628 --> 00:50:31,828 It's armistice, Alice! 569 00:50:31,830 --> 00:50:33,363 Germany has surrendered! 570 00:50:53,050 --> 00:50:54,651 Oh, my goodness. 571 00:50:56,654 --> 00:50:59,155 Excuse me. 572 00:51:07,031 --> 00:51:08,465 Kia ora! 573 00:51:11,669 --> 00:51:13,069 Kia ora, Sister! 574 00:51:13,071 --> 00:51:15,605 Kia ora to you too, Private! 575 00:51:15,607 --> 00:51:18,107 Land of the Long White Cloud. Missed it at all? 576 00:51:18,109 --> 00:51:19,676 You bet I have, Kiwi! 577 00:51:21,612 --> 00:51:23,913 - Come on, Sister! - Oh! 578 00:51:30,120 --> 00:51:34,023 What do you reckon, Sisters? We did it, eh? We bloody won! 579 00:51:34,025 --> 00:51:36,693 - Yes, I suppose we did. - And thank God for that! 580 00:51:36,695 --> 00:51:40,363 Thank bloody God! 581 00:51:40,365 --> 00:51:44,100 You know, I don't believe there is a God. 582 00:51:44,102 --> 00:51:46,503 You don't believe in God? 583 00:51:46,505 --> 00:51:48,171 You don't strike me 584 00:51:48,173 --> 00:51:49,873 as the sort of person who believes in nothing, though. 585 00:51:52,142 --> 00:51:55,879 I believe in having a go and doing your best. 586 00:51:57,748 --> 00:51:59,883 In being kind. 587 00:52:01,586 --> 00:52:03,520 And I believe in my friends. 588 00:52:03,522 --> 00:52:05,321 Onya, Sister! 589 00:52:05,323 --> 00:52:07,924 I'm gonna bloody drink... to my bloody mates, alright? 590 00:52:07,926 --> 00:52:10,326 Ah! 591 00:52:10,328 --> 00:52:13,029 So this is what the price paid by all those boys 592 00:52:13,031 --> 00:52:15,365 has gained us. 593 00:52:15,367 --> 00:52:17,934 I hope we won't allow ourselves to forget them. 594 00:52:17,936 --> 00:52:20,036 That'd be criminal. 595 00:52:20,038 --> 00:52:23,039 I can't imagine ever forgetting. 596 00:52:23,041 --> 00:52:24,841 Nor can I. 597 00:52:28,712 --> 00:52:30,547 Alice, Miss Wilson, come on! 598 00:52:30,549 --> 00:52:32,815 - Oh, no, no. - You sure? 599 00:52:32,817 --> 00:52:35,151 - No, no. Go. Go. - Oh! 600 00:52:37,454 --> 00:52:39,756 Major Springer, will you do me the honor of a dance? 601 00:52:39,758 --> 00:52:41,791 I would love to. It'd be a pleasure. 602 00:52:44,595 --> 00:52:46,796 Here. I won't be wanting him again. 603 00:52:46,798 --> 00:52:48,831 I'm going bloody home! 604 00:52:48,833 --> 00:52:50,900 - But is it even your horse? - No! 605 00:52:50,902 --> 00:52:52,969 But you can have him. 606 00:53:10,020 --> 00:53:11,888 So, what happened to them? 607 00:53:11,890 --> 00:53:13,890 What became of these Anzac girls 608 00:53:13,892 --> 00:53:17,860 after the war to end all wars turned their world upside down? 609 00:53:17,862 --> 00:53:19,829 Big smile. Very nice. 610 00:53:23,434 --> 00:53:25,868 Elsie Cook and her husband, Syd, moved back to Australia. 611 00:53:27,638 --> 00:53:29,105 Syd became Commonwealth Works director, 612 00:53:29,107 --> 00:53:32,709 first in Perth and then in Sydney, 613 00:53:32,711 --> 00:53:34,544 where Elsie raised their son 614 00:53:34,546 --> 00:53:38,581 and opened and ran a successful antique business. 615 00:53:38,583 --> 00:53:41,784 She became involved in charity work with the Wesleyan Church, 616 00:53:41,786 --> 00:53:45,421 particularly in support of women fallen on hard times. 617 00:53:45,423 --> 00:53:47,423 It was right at the back of the stores cupboard, 618 00:53:47,425 --> 00:53:50,126 but I couldn't have you leave without this most essential... 619 00:53:50,128 --> 00:53:52,328 Olive Haynes married Pat Dooley before the end of the war. 620 00:53:53,897 --> 00:53:55,798 Pat became a successful lawyer. 621 00:53:58,836 --> 00:54:03,673 Olive and he had seven children, one of whom had Down syndrome. 622 00:54:03,675 --> 00:54:08,077 Refusing to shut her child away, out of sight, out of mind, 623 00:54:08,079 --> 00:54:10,880 Olive helped establish a special school for children with Down's. 624 00:54:10,882 --> 00:54:13,483 When World War II broke out, 625 00:54:13,485 --> 00:54:16,419 Pat re-enlisted and Olive worked for the Red Cross. 626 00:54:16,421 --> 00:54:19,022 Hilda Steele continued her studies, 627 00:54:19,024 --> 00:54:21,824 training in London as a masseuse. 628 00:54:21,826 --> 00:54:24,994 She returned to New Zealand, married and had a daughter, 629 00:54:24,996 --> 00:54:28,865 but the marriage broke down after only a year. 630 00:54:28,867 --> 00:54:31,034 She was sister-in-charge and matron 631 00:54:31,036 --> 00:54:33,002 at hospitals in Auckland and Nelson 632 00:54:33,004 --> 00:54:36,005 then worked in TB clinics that became the forerunner 633 00:54:36,007 --> 00:54:37,807 of the New Zealand Community Nursing Service. 634 00:54:41,679 --> 00:54:43,413 Grace Wilson became matron-in-chief 635 00:54:43,415 --> 00:54:45,081 of the Australian Army 636 00:54:45,083 --> 00:54:48,084 and served in the Middle East in World War II. 637 00:54:48,086 --> 00:54:51,521 She was president of the Royal Victorian College of Nursing, 638 00:54:51,523 --> 00:54:53,856 three times president of the Returned Nurses' Club, 639 00:54:53,858 --> 00:54:56,092 a trustee of the Shrine of Remembrance 640 00:54:56,094 --> 00:54:59,295 and in 1953 was made the first life member 641 00:54:59,297 --> 00:55:01,364 of the Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmen's 642 00:55:01,366 --> 00:55:03,032 Imperial League of Australia. 643 00:55:03,034 --> 00:55:04,934 Oh, Olive! 644 00:55:04,936 --> 00:55:07,603 And then, at the age of 74, 645 00:55:07,605 --> 00:55:11,607 Grace Wilson finally did something entirely for herself. 646 00:55:11,609 --> 00:55:13,843 She fell in love and married. 647 00:55:19,116 --> 00:55:20,950 So perhaps it is possible 648 00:55:20,952 --> 00:55:23,052 to make a new life after an old one has passed. 649 00:55:33,697 --> 00:55:35,698 I met Sydney Appleford on the voyage home. 650 00:55:37,501 --> 00:55:39,435 He was a doctor, 651 00:55:39,437 --> 00:55:41,838 and he had been at war nearly as long as I had. 652 00:55:46,343 --> 00:55:49,779 Isn't that... You see that over there? 653 00:55:49,781 --> 00:55:53,116 - What's that? - Is that a whale or something? 654 00:55:53,118 --> 00:55:55,752 We married in August in 1919 655 00:55:55,754 --> 00:55:58,588 and together ran his medical practice in rural Victoria. 656 00:56:00,891 --> 00:56:02,959 We had four beautiful children. 657 00:56:12,436 --> 00:56:16,773 But I never forgot the other life the Great War took away.