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World War 1 (WWI) was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 and ended with the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
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During the raid against Amman, the town of Es Salt was captured by the 3 Light Horse regiment, and occupied in strength by the 60 Division. On the withdrawal of the British, large numbers of…
Badlu Singh was a Hindu Jat born in Dhakla Village, District Haryana, India. He was born on 13 January 1876 and died in action on 23 September 1918
He was a Rissaldar (commander of a risala –…
The Battle of Beersheba is one of the most notable mounted charges by the Australian Light Horse Regiments. On 31 October 1917, the 4th and 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment launched a…
George was a 22 year-old bank officer who worked
at the Bank of New South Wales, Walcha when he enlisted 1 December, 1915. He was educated at King’s School Parramatta and his…
The Harvest is Ripe, Louis Raemaeker, 1914
This is one of the first of the Dutch cartoonist Louis Raemaeker’s works to appear after the start of World War One. In it we can see…
Miss Dulce Davies Little, who lived at Alice Street Harris Park, Sydney, was born in Parramatta on the 11 April 1894 to Thomas and Mary Little. Her baptism was registered at Saint John’s Church,…
Water Carriers at Gallipoli, 1915, Official History of Australia and the War, Charles Bean, Volume 12, no. 66
For many Australians and New Zealanders Gallipoli was all about the ANZAC’s but many…
[This is one of the more important entries from the first volume of Hamilton’s diaries as it describes the failure of Winston Churchill’s navy to take the Dardanelles and thus Hamilton’s…
Hamilton’s entry for the 15 March makes clear some of the grave doubts he had about the organization and planning of the upcoming Campaign.
One reason he suggests is that the…