Australian nurses from this period became known as "grey ghosts" because of their drab uniforms with starched collar and cuffs.

During the course of the war, Australian nurses were granted their own administration rather than working under medical officers.

Australian nurses served in the war as part of the Australian General Hospital.

The Australian nurses were sent to Yokohama as part of a prisoner exchange.

All medical practitioners in the unit were Australians and although women were not allowed to serve as doctors, Australian nurses were accepted.

Australian nurses staffed four British hospitals in Salonika.

Within hours of deciding to stay, however, they too were ordered to leave, the last Australian nurses to do so.

"Not all babies will be this large at birth," the Australian nurse who introduces the movie says.

The Australian nurse tells them not to get in and out of the bathtub by themselves.

The Australian nurses stayed to care for the wounded.