Australia in World War I
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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
Soldiers from the 4th Division near Chateau Wood, Ypres, in 1917
Men in Melbourne collecting recruitment papers
Australian government recruiting poster 1915 (using Edith Cavell's "martyrdom")
The raising of the Australian flag on 16 December 1914 in Angorum, New Guinea
Desert Mounted Corps
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The Desert Mounted Corps was an army corps of the British Army during the First World War, of three mounted divisions renamed in August 1917 by General Edmund Allenby, from Desert Column. These divisi
Desert Mounted Corps commander Harry Chauvel, (front row second left) and corps staff
Lieutenant-General Harry Chauvel commander Desert Mounted Corps
Indian cavalry lancer
Australian Light Horsemen