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Category: Outro
Atualizado: 3 dez 2019
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Created byPauline Gaillard
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Beginning of Australian's involvment in World War IPeríodos
Australians departed by ship for the Gallipoli peninsulaOn 25 April 1915 the Australians landed at what became known as Anzac CoveTransfer in FranceFighting continued throughout 1916 and 1917Casualities of Australian soldiers in 1916: In July 1916 Australian troops were introduced to this type of combat at Fromelles, where they suffered 5,533 casualties in 24 hours. By the end of the year about 40,000 Australians had been killed or wounded on the Western Front.Casulities of Austrialian soldiers in 1917: In 1917 a further 76,836 Australians became casualties in battles such Bullecourt, Messines, and the four-month campaign around Ypres known as the battle of Passchendaele.Australian capture of Hamel on 4 July 1918End of the war: In early October, after the fighting at Montbrehain, the Australian divisions withdrew from the front for rest and refitting; they were preparing to return to the fighting when Germany signed the Armistice on 11 November.Role of Australian women during World War I : Australian women volunteered for service in auxiliary roles: as cooks, nurses, drivers, interpreters, munitions workers, and farm workers.
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