Australian Soldiers on the Western Front, 1917 – ANZACs Parade for the Trenches
Australian machine-gunners returning from the trenches, France, World War I, 1916. During the Somme campaign. Artist Unknown. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)Australian troops in Turkey, First World War, 1915, (circa 1920). ‘Behind the Firing Line at Anzac Cove: “Splinter Villa”, one of the Australian dug-outs’. From “The Great World War – A History” Volume III, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, circa 1920]. Artist Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector via Getty Images)(Original Caption) American Soldiers Learning Aussie Game. Two Australian soldiers (on top of dugout, at left), as they teach Americans, part of United States forces in Australia, how to play “Two Up,” (Aussie version of the American game of “Flipping the Coin”.) Other US soldiers (right), are on the “alert” at 50-calibre machine gun, while still others are on watch at dugout’s mouth. 1942.20th February 1939: Melbourne University Rifle soldiers in shirts and shorts pioneer the reform movement in militia uniform in camp at Bittern, Victoria. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)Australian troops on an obstacle course, training during World War Two, Australia, circa 1943. (Photo by European/FPG/Getty Images)
The Australian Landing-Place at Gaba-Tepe’, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: ‘The landing-place chosen by the Australians was quickly transformed into a depot for all war stores and supplies of every kind. Roads and paths were cut on the steep hillsides to facilitate transport to the fighting line farther inland.’ The Gallipoli peninsula in western Turkey saw heavy fighting, with many casualties on both sides. From “The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects”, Vol. IV, by W. Stanley Macbean Knight. [Caxton Pulishing Company, Limited, London, 1919]. Artist Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)ANZAC soldiers on the Western Front in northern France, First World War, 1916, (c1920). “Advance, Australia!” Commonwealth troops leaving their base camp for the trenches’. From “The Great World War: A History”, Volume VI, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, circa 1920]. Artist Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
