jan 12, 1914 - world war 1
Description:
Outbreak of world war i Australia commits hundreds of thousands of troops to the British war effort.Their participation - alongside New Zealanders - in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey in 1915 leads to heavy casualties. The Gallopoli landings help cement a sense of identity in the young nation
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Date:
jan 12, 1914
Now
~ 111 years ago