Australian nurses tend to casualties of the Kokoda Track campaign.
Members of the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) served wherever the Australian Imperial Forces did, and 71 were killed. Women also served in the Army Medical Woman’s Service (AAMWS) as ward and theater assistants and medical technicians. In the Australian Women’s Army Service (AWAS) women performed numerous axillary roles such as drivers, clerks and signalers.
(Australian War Memorial 013503)