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Australia later entered into a state of war with other members of the axis powers, including the kingdom of italy on 11 june 1940, and the empire of japan on 9 december 1941. Australia at home turned inward and suspicious of the new and. Australia mobilised 4,000, of whom 60,000 died, or 14. Personal service records first world war the australian. Goodbye to all that the last of australias great war. The following is a list of known veterans of the first world war 28 july 1914 11 november 1918 who died in 2009 5 veterans, 2010 1 veteran, 2011 2 veterans and 2012 1 veteran. The allies the entente powers lost about 6 million soldiers. The trailblazing women who ran britains most extraordinary military hospital during world war i apr 28, 2020. An australian digger uses a periscope in a trench captured during the attack on lone pine. From a population of fewer than five million, 416,809 men enlisted, of whom more than 60,000 were killed and 156,000 wounded, gassed, or taken prisoner. Australian ww1 book, world war one military books online.
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