something new - Angels of the Battlefield documentary, made by students from TAFE New South Wales over a six-year period.

Angels of the Battlefield - official trailer

Directed by Nick bLESZYNSKI
Produced by Vivien LE & Suzan GORDON
               
The deeds and sacrifice of the ‘diggers’ who served in World War 1 have been honoured and recalled annually for over 100 years. However, much less attention has been paid to the some 3,000 civilian nurses who also served. Often serving near the front-line, twenty five were killed and 388 were decorated with eight receiving the Military Medal. They also saved the lives of many thousands of wounded Australian soldiers.

For the first time on screen, 'Angels of the Battlefield' pays homage to those women. Two young women from this generation discover what life was like a century ago and the hardships and dangers nurses endured on active service, as they follow in the footsteps of Sisters Nellie Morrice and Katherine "Kitty" Porter. Their dramatic and emotional journeys of discovery follow Nellie and Kitty from the small country towns of their birth through their nursing training in Sydney, service in Egypt, Turkey and France to the tragedies and triumphs that followed their discharge from the military.

As Tom Keneally, celebrated Australian author and historian remarks ‘they deserve to stand up there on the monuments alongside the ANZACS.’
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unfortunately it's only being screened in Sydney at the Anzac memorial
Tuesday 26 April from 3:30pm to 4:30pm,
Friday 29 April from 3:30pm to 4:30pm,
Monday 2 May from 3:30pm to 4:30pm,
Wednesday 4 May from 3:30pm to 4:30pm