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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 ...
Many diaries were retained by the soldier or their family, however some of the surviving diaries are held in the collections of Australian cultural institutions including the Australian War Memorial, [11] National Archives of Australia, [12] State Library of New South Wales, [13] State Library of Queensland, [14] State Library of South Australia, [15] and State Library of Victoria.
The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 is a 12-volume series covering Australian involvement in the First World War. The series was edited by C. E. W. Bean, who also wrote six of the volumes and was published between 1920 and 1942.
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 ...
The 7th Light Horse Regiment was a mounted infantry regiment of the Australian Army during the First World War. The regiment was raised in October 1914, and assigned to the 2nd Light Horse Brigade . The regiment fought against the forces of the Ottoman Empire , in Egypt, at Gallipoli , on the Sinai Peninsula, and in Palestine and Jordan.
Soldiers from the 4th Division near Chateau Wood, Ypres, in 1917. In Australia, the outbreak of World War I was greeted with considerable enthusiasm. Even before Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914, the nation pledged its support alongside other states of the British Empire and almost immediately began preparations to send forces overseas to engage in the conflict.
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 ...
This is a list of wars, armed conflicts and rebellions involving the Commonwealth of Australia (1901–present) and its predecessor colonies, the colonies of New South Wales (1788–1901), Van Diemen's Land (1825–1856), Tasmania (1856–1901), Victoria (1851–1901), Swan River (1829–1832), Western Australia (1832–1901), South Australia (1836–1901), and Queensland (1859–1901).