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The Australian War Records Section was an Australian military unit of World War I responsible for collecting and preserving records and artifacts relating to Australia's experiences in the war. The section was formed on 16 May 1917 under the command of Captain John Treloar and eventually grew to a strength of over 600 military and civilian ...
The 47th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army.It was originally raised in 1916 for service during the First World War. The battalion then took part in the fighting in the trenches of the Western Front in France and Belgium, before being disbanded in early 1918 to provide reinforcements for other Australian units that were suffering from a manpower shortage following the ...
So far from home : the remarkable diaries of Eric Evans, an Australian soldier during World War I. Kangaroo Press. ISBN 9780731810680. Fussell, Paul (2000). The Great War and Modern Memory. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195021714. Gammage, Bill (1974). The Broken Years: Australian Soldiers in the Great War. Australian National University Press.
The Australian Army was the largest service in the Australian military during World War I. The First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) was the Army's main expeditionary force and was formed from 15 August 1914 with an initial strength of 20,000 men, following Britain's declaration of war on Germany.
Commanded the Australian War Records Section from 1917, and a key figure in establishing the Australian War Memorial following the war. [259] His diary was published in 1993. [260] Trevan, Robert B. C. [261] Lance Sergeant: Western Front: 17th Garrison Battalion 2nd Machine Gunth Battalion 23rd Battalion: Trousselot, Henry E. [262] Major ...
Official war correspondent and author and editor of the Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918: Bean, John Willoughby Butler (Jack) [90] Major: Bathurst, NSW: Australian Army Medical Corps: Served in the Australian Army Medical Corps Bedlington, W. C. [91] Sergeant: 4th Machine Gun Battalion: Beeken, Christian [92] Lieutenant ...
Pages in category "Australian military personnel of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,069 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Defenders of Australia: The 3rd Australian Division 1916–1991. Loftus, New South Wales: Australian Military Historical Publications. ISBN 1-876439-03-3. Stevenson, Robert (2007). "The Forgotten First: The 1st Australian Division in the Great War and its Legacy" (PDF). Australian Army Journal. IV (1): 185– 199. OCLC 30798241.