- Alice struggles to accept that Harry may have been killed; Hilda discovers an aptitude for anesthetics; Olive is proposed to by Pat; and Elsie returns to the war as part of the Croix Rouge.
- Alice struggles to comprehend the news she receives in the wake of an Allied assault in Fromelles. Olive's work at the clearing station brings matters of death, love, and duty to a head. Hilda and a handful of nurses are given the opportunity to work in anaesthetisation, and the arrival of the Croix Rouge leads to the return of a familiar face as another departs.
- Harry's name has not appeared on any death lists, and Alice (Georgia Flood) cannot help holding out hope that he is somehow alive, perhaps captured by the Germans or injured and unable to say his name. As Alice swings between hope and despair, fury and misery, increasingly reliant on prescription heroin to sleep, Hilda (Antonia Prebble) is growing worried for her grieving friend. But Hilda has her own challenges - a shortage of doctors means that a select few nurses are being trained as anaesthetists. Hilda has found something at which she excels, so when a chauvinistic army order comes down banning Australian nurses from the work, Hilda is devastated. As the bitter winter encroaches, and Harry's death is finally confirmed, Alice and Hilda face their darkest moments, but their friendship and loyalty sees them through - and when Hilda has the bright idea to call on her New Zealand citizenship, she is able to side-step the rules and go back to anaesthesia where she is needed. Meanwhile at the Casualty Clearing Station at Trois Arbres, in between dealing with gas attacks and a stream of desperately wounded men, Olive (Anna McGahan) accepts Pat's (Brandon McClelland) proposal of marriage, but then has to contend with dour opposition from her parents at home. Pat wants her to defy them, but Olive cannot marry without their blessing. When Pat is critically injured and her chance of happiness looks to be slipping away, Olive at last takes control of her life - she will marry him whatever her parents think. With Pat convalescing in England, after a brief visit to her nursing pals at No 1 AGH (at which Elsie Cook (Laura Brent), now nursing with the Croix Rouge, also appears), Olive resigns from the AANS and leaves the war for a future with Pat back in Australia.
- Harry's name has not appeared on any death lists, and Alice (Georgia Flood) cannot help holding out hope that he is somehow alive, perhaps captured by the Germans or injured and unable to say his name.
As Alice swings between hope and despair, fury and misery, increasingly reliant on prescription heroin to sleep, Hilda (Antonia Prebble) is growing worried for her grieving friend. But Hilda has her own challenges - a shortage of doctors means that a select few nurses are being trained as anaesthetists. Hilda has found something at which she excels, so when a chauvinistic army order comes down banning Australian nurses from the work, Hilda is devastated.
As the bitter winter encroaches, and Harry's death is finally confirmed, Alice and Hilda face their darkest moments, but their friendship and loyalty sees them through - and when Hilda has the bright idea to call on her New Zealand citizenship, she is able to side-step the rules and go back to anaesthesia where she is needed.
Meanwhile at the Casualty Clearing Station at Trois Arbres, in between dealing with gas attacks and a stream of desperately wounded men, Olive (Anna McGahan) accepts Pat's (Brandon McClelland) proposal of marriage, but then has to contend with dour opposition from her parents at home. Pat wants her to defy them, but Olive cannot marry without their blessing. When Pat is critically injured and her chance of happiness looks to be slipping away, Olive at last takes control of her life - she will marry him whatever her parents think!
With Pat convalescing in England, after a brief visit to her nursing pals at No 1 AGH (at which Elsie Cook (Laura Brent), now nursing with the Croix Rouge, also appears), Olive resigns from the AANS and leaves the war for a future with Pat back in Australia.
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