Nurses Part 2

Australian nurses arriving in Crete.

It's been a long time coming, but in this episode we look at the role Australian nurses played during World War 2, Korea, Malaya and Vietnam. With the changing methods of waging war, the challenges facing nurses required innovation, adaptability and courage. Wherever and whenever they were needed to treat sick and wounded troops, they went and enhanced the reputation their predecessors had established during World War 1.