The nurses arrive in Egypt and soon realise that war is not the `splendid adventure' they had initially thought it would be as they deal with convoy after convoy of injured and dying men from the botched Gallipoli campaign.

On the Greek island of Lemnos, Olive and Grace must care for troops injured by the botched August Offensive. In Egypt, Elsie must fight to stay at the hospital in order to save the life of her mortally wounded husband.

Alice and Elsie face the painful reality of love during wartime when Elsie must choose between caring for her husband and her role in the AANS.

After the Anzac girls are moved to a British hospital in France, they are confronted with some snobbish British nurses, leading them to reflect on their own national identity.

While Alice struggles with the thought that Harry might have been killed, Hilda learns of her aptitude for anaesthetics, Olive is confronted with a proposal.

Alice, Hilda and Elsie find themselves working close to the front with the possibility of death edging closer and no end to the war in sight.