''ANZAC Girls'' is an Australian television drama series that first screened on

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on 10 August 2014. The six-part series tells the rarely told true stories of the nurses serving with the Australian Army Nursing Service at

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, and the Western Front during the

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. The series is based on Peter Rees' book '' The Other ANZACs'' as well as diaries, letters, photographs and historical documents. The series was written by Felicity Packard and Niki Aken, produced by Screentime, and filmed in

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Anna McGahan Anna McGahan (born 2 May 1988) is an Australian actress and playwright. She is best known for playing the roles of Nellie Cameron on the television series, '' Underbelly: Razor'' (2011), Lucy in '' House Husbands'' (2012–2014), and Rose And ...

as Sister Olive Haynes *

Caroline Craig Caroline Craig (born 30 April 1975 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian actress, based in Melbourne. Caroline completed a BA at Melbourne University before graduating from NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) in 1999. Care ...

as Matron Grace Wilson * Georgia Flood as Sister Alice Ross-King * Laura Brent as Sister Elsie Cook *

Antonia Prebble Antonia Mary Prebble (born 6 June 1984) is a New Zealand actress, best known for her role as Loretta West in the hit NZ comedy-drama '' Outrageous Fortune'', as Trudy in '' The Tribe'', as Jane in '' The Blue Rose'', and as Rita West, the gran ...

as Sister Hilda Steele *

Todd Lasance Todd James Lasance (born 18 February 1985) is an Australian actor, best recognised for his roles in Australian television including Aden Jefferies on ''Home and Away'', Cam Jackson on '' Rescue: Special Ops'', Ben McMahon on '' Crownies'' and M ...

as Major Sydney "Syd" Cook *

Dustin Clare Dustin Clare (born 2 January 1982) is an Australian actor. He is known for his starring role as Gannicus in the Starz series '' Spartacus: Gods of the Arena'', '' Spartacus: Vengeance'' and '' Spartacus: War of the Damned'', and as Riley Ward ...

as Lieutenant Harry Moffitt * Brandon McClelland as Lieutenant Norval 'Pat' Dooley *

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as Colonel Thomas Fiaschi * Charles Mayer as Major Xavier Leopold *

Thomas Cocquerel Thomas Michel Cocquerel (born 5 September 1989) is an Australian actor. On television, he is known for his role as Tom Raikes in Julian Fellowes' HBO Max series ''The Gilded Age (TV series), The Gilded Age'' (2022). His films include ''OtherLife' ...

as Lieutenant Frank Smith * Honey Debelle as Sister Kit McNaughton * Rhondda Findleton as Matron Ellen "Nellie" Gould * Sara West as Clarice Daley * Leon Ford as Major John Prior * Hannah Marshall as Sister Millicent Parker * Charlotte Hazzard as Sister Florence Tilly * Maddy Jevic as Sister Meg Hayes *

Nathaniel Dean Nathaniel Dean (born 24 January 1975) is an Australian actor and voiceover artist. His most recent performances include Sergeant Hallett in Ridley Scott's '' Alien: Covenant'' (2017), as well as colonial Australian settler William Thornhill in ...

as Major Lionel Quick * Brad Williams as Major Archibald Springer *

Nicholas Bell Nicholas Bell (born 15 August 1958) is an English actor who has worked in Australia for more than 30 years. Bell works regularly with the Melbourne Theatre Company as well as with all the major television broadcasters in Australia, most notabl ...

as General

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* Josef Ber as Major Sherwin * Bonnie Soper as Jessie Verey

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